Devanagari
एवं द्वितीये तृतीये चतुर्थे पञ्चमे तथा ।
अभ्येत्याभ्येत्य स्थविरो विप्रो भूत्वाह वृत्रहा ॥ १९ ॥
Verse text
evaṁ dvitīye tṛtīye
caturthe paṣcame tathā
abhyetyābhyetya sthaviro
vipro bhūtvāha vṛtra-hā
Synonyms
evam
—
in this way
;
dvitīye
—
on the second year
;
tṛtīye
—
on the third year
;
caturthe
—
on the fourth year
;
paṣcame
—
on the fifth year
;
tathā
—
as well as
;
abhyetya
—
coming before him
;
abhyetya
—
again coming before him
;
sthaviraḥ
—
a very old man
;
vipraḥ
—
a brāhmaṇa
;
bhūtvā
—
becoming so
;
āha
—
said
;
vṛtra
—
hā — Indra .
Translation
In this way, at the end of the second, third, fourth and fifth years, when Rohita wanted to return to his capital, the King of heaven, Indra, approached him as an old brāhmaṇa and forbade him to return, repeating the same words as in the previous year.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
In this way, at the end of the second, third, fourth and fifth years, when Rohita wanted to return to his capital, Indra approached him as an old brāhmaṇa and forbade him to return.
In the second year again, when Rohita approached him, Indra out of compassion forbade him to return to the city.