tayendraḥ smÄsahat tÄpaá¹
nirvá¹›tir nÄmum ÄviÅ›at
hrÄ«mantaá¹ vÄcyatÄá¹ prÄptaá¹
sukhayanty api no guṇÄḥ
tayÄ - by that action; indraḥ - King Indra; sma - indeed; asahat - suffered; tÄpam - misery; nirvá¹›tiḥ - happiness; na - not; amum - him; ÄviÅ›at - entered; hrÄ«mantam - one who is shameful; vÄcyatÄm - ill fame; prÄptam - obtaining; sukhayanti - give pleasure; api - although; no - not; guṇÄḥ - good qualifications like possessing opulence.
One cannot be happy by committing sinful acts, even if one is endowed with material opulence. Indra found this to be true. People began to blaspheme him, saying, “This person has killed a brÄhmaṇa for the sake of enjoying heavenly material happiness.†Therefore in spite of being King of heaven and enjoying material opulence, Indra was always unhappy because of the accusations of the populace.