Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
ततस्त्वं कुपितो राजन्स्वक्लीयं दानवेशितुः / हन्तुमिच्छन्नगाश्चाशु तपसः साधनं वनम्
tatastvaṃ kupito rājansvaklīyaṃ dānaveśituḥ / hantumicchannagāścāśu tapasaḥ sādhanaṃ vanam
Then, O king, angered and wishing to slay the kinsman of the lord of the dānavas, you swiftly went to the forest, the very means for austerity.