Shloka 20
Indra’s Brahma-hatyā, Flight from Sin, and Purification by Aśvamedha
अथेज्यमाने पुरुषे सर्वदेवमयात्मनि । अश्वमेधे महेन्द्रेण वितते ब्रह्मवादिभि: ॥ १९ ॥ स वै त्वाष्ट्रवधो भूयानपि पापचयो नृप । नीतस्तेनैव शून्याय नीहार इव भानुना ॥ २० ॥
athejyamāne puruṣe sarva-devamayātmani aśvamedhe mahendreṇa vitate brahma-vādibhiḥ
তাৰপিছত ব্ৰহ্মবাদীসকলে মহেন্দ্ৰৰ দ্বাৰা বিস্তৃত অশ্বমেধ যজ্ঞত সৰ্বদেৱময় আত্মাস্বৰূপ পৰম পুৰুষক পূজা কৰাত ইন্দ্ৰৰ সকলো পাপফল শান্ত হ’ল। হে নৃপ! ত্বাষ্ট্ৰবধৰ দৰে ভয়ংকৰ পাপো সেই যজ্ঞে ক্ষণতে শূন্য হ’ল, যেন সূৰ্যোদয়ত কুঁৱাশা লুপ্ত হয়।
FAQs
This verse says that even a great burden of sin—like that from killing Vṛtrāsura—can be nullified by the proper sacrificial act, compared to fog vanishing in sunlight.
He is called tvāṣṭra because he was born from Tvaṣṭā (Viśvarūpa’s father), and thus his slaying is described as 'tvāṣṭra-vadha.'
Sincere, dharmic corrective action—done with proper intent and guidance—can gradually clear heavy guilt and wrongdoing, just as light naturally removes darkness.