तस्मान्नागं समारुह्य निजं वृत्रनिषूदन । एणस्य कृष्णसारस्य वंशांते चर्म न्यस्य च
tasmānnāgaṃ samāruhya nijaṃ vṛtraniṣūdana | eṇasya kṛṣṇasārasya vaṃśāṃte carma nyasya ca
‘پس اے ورترا کے قاتل، اپنے ہاتھی پر سوار ہو؛ اور بانس کے ڈنڈے کی نوک پر کرشن سار، یعنی کالے ہرن کی کھال رکھ دے—جیسا میں کہتا ہوں۔’
Brahmā (continuation of counsel to Indra)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, addressed as Vṛtra-slayer, is instructed to mount his elephant; a bamboo staff is prepared with blackbuck skin affixed at its tip as a visible marker above the crowd.
Dharma is upheld through practical means: sacred gatherings require clear, auspicious signs to guide the community.
The instruction is given in the Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara bathing-festival context.
Indra is told to mount his elephant and use a staff bearing blackbuck skin as a visible marker for the bathing proceedings.