Shloka 42
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
अब इन्द्रके पास दोहरी ब्रह्महत्या उपस्थित हुई। उसके भयसे इन्द्रने देवराजपदका परित्याग कर दिया और मानसरोवरके जलनमें उत्पन्न हुई एक शीतल कमलिनीके पास जा पहुँचे। वहाँ अणिमा आदि ऐश्वर्यके योगसे इन्द्र अणुमात्र रूप धारण करके कमलनालकी ग्रन्थिमें प्रविष्ट हो गये
atha indrasya samīpe dvi-vidhā brahmahatyā samupasthitā | tasyā bhayād indro devarājatvaṃ parityajya mānasasarovarasya jalāśaye jātaṃ śītalaṃ kamalinīṃ prati jagāma | tatra aṇimādi-aiśvarya-yogena indro 'ṇumātra-rūpaṃ dhṛtvā kamalanālasya granthiṃ praviṣṭaḥ |
随后，“杀婆罗门之罪”（brahma-hatyā）的双重罪咎临到因陀罗面前。因惧其威，因陀罗舍弃天帝之权，前往摩那萨湖（Mānasa）水中生起的一处清凉莲林。于彼处，凭借以“阿尼玛”（aṇimā，微细神通）等为首的瑜伽自在力，他令形体细若原子，藏入莲茎之结而匿身。此事昭示：纵为至高统治者亦不能超越道德后果；对罪业的恐惧，往往驱使逃避，而非担当忏悔与赎罪。
तास्त्वाष्ट उवाच क्व गमिष्यथास्यतां तावन्मया सह श्रेयो भविष्यन्तीति
Educational Q&A
Moral authority does not exempt anyone from the consequences of grave wrongdoing: even Indra, the king of the gods, is shaken by brahmahatyā. The passage highlights the ethical weight of brahmin-slaying and suggests that evasion born of fear is a flawed response compared to facing responsibility and seeking proper expiation.
A twofold brahmahatyā approaches Indra, frightening him. He relinquishes his divine kingship, goes to Lake Mānasasarovara, and using the siddhi of aṇimā becomes minute and hides inside a knot of a lotus-stalk in a cool lotus-grove.