Shloka 373
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
भो भो मित्रघ्न पापेति ब्रुवाणं शक्रमन्तिकात् । नमुचिका वह कटा हुआ मस्तक इन्द्रके पीछे लग गया। वह उनके पास जाकर बारंबार कहने लगा, 'ओ मित्रघाती पापात्मा इन्द्र! तू कहाँ जाता है?”
bho bho mitraghna pāpeti bruvāṇaṃ śakram antikāt | namucikā vah kaṭā huā mastaka indrasya pṛṣṭhataḥ lagnaḥ | sa teṣām upagamya punaḥ punaḥ uvāca—“he mitraghātin pāpātman indra! tvaṃ kva gacchasi?”
毗湿摩波耶那说：就在近旁，纳牟支那被斩下的头颅追随因陀罗而去，连声呼喊：“嘿，嘿——弑友者，罪人！”它一次又一次逼近他，反复嘲讽道：“因陀罗啊，杀友之人，心性邪恶者——你往哪里去？”此景昭示背信之罪的沉重：纵然得胜之举，也会被“违背信义与正法（达摩）”的指控如影随形。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when power or victory is achieved, actions that violate trust and moral duty (dharma)—such as harming one who is regarded as a friend—carry an ethical stain that returns as accusation and inner/outer retribution.
Indra is being pursued and verbally taunted by Namuci’s severed head, which repeatedly calls him “mitraghna” (friend-slayer) and “pāpa” (sinner), confronting him with the moral charge behind the act that led to Namuci’s death.