इन्द्रशत्रो विवर्धस्व मा चिरं जहि विद्विषम् ॥११॥
hata-putras tatas tvaá¹£á¹Ä
juhÄvendrÄya Å›atrave
indra-śatro vivardhasva
mÄ ciraá¹ jahi vidviá¹£am
hata-putraḥ - who lost his son; tataḥ - thereafter; tvaá¹£á¹Ä - Tvaá¹£á¹Ä; juhÄva - performed a sacrifice; indrÄya - of Indra; Å›atrave - for creating an enemy; indra-Å›atro - O enemy of Indra; vivardhasva - increase; mÄ - not; ciram - after a long time; jahi - kill; vidviá¹£am - your enemy.
After ViÅ›varÅ«pa was killed, his father, Tvaá¹£á¹Ä, performed ritualistic ceremonies to kill Indra. He offered oblations in the sacrificial fire, saying, “O enemy of Indra, flourish to kill your enemy without delay.â€
There was some defect in Tvaá¹£á¹Ä’s chanting of the mantra because he chanted it long instead of short, and therefore the meaning changed. Tvaá¹£á¹Ä intended to chant the word indra-Å›atro, meaning, “O enemy of Indra.†In this mantra, the word indra is in the possessive case (á¹£aá¹£á¹hÄ«), and the word indra-Å›atro is called a tat-puruá¹£a compound (tatpuruá¹£a-samÄsa). Unfortunately, instead of chanting the mantra short, Tvaá¹£á¹Ä chanted it long, and its meaning changed from “the enemy of Indra†to “Indra, who is an enemy.†Consequently instead of an enemy of Indra’s, there emerged the body of Vá¹›trÄsura, of whom Indra was the enemy.
