तयेन्द्रः स्मासहत् तापं निर्वृतिर्नामुमाविशत् ।
ह्रीमन्तं वाच्यतां प्राप्तं सुखयन्त्यपि नो गुणाः ॥११॥

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.


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Following the advice of the demigods, Indra killed Vá¹›trÄsura, and he suffered because of this sinful killing. Although the other demigods were happy, he could not derive happiness from the killing of Vá¹›trÄsura. Indra’s other good qualities, such as tolerance and opulence, could not help him in his grief.

Purport

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.