Devanagari
एतत् पुरन्दरो ज्ञात्वा सप्तमेऽस्मिन् किलान्तरे ।
तपोविशङ्कितो ब्रह्मन्नारेभे तद्विघातनम् ॥ १५ ॥
Verse text
etat purandaro jṣātvā
saptame ’smin kilāntare
tapo-viśaṅkito brahmann
ārebhe tad-vighātanam
Synonyms
etat
—
this
;
purandaraḥ
—
Lord Indra
;
jṣātvā
—
learning
;
saptame
—
in the seventh
;
asmin
—
this
;
kila
—
indeed
;
antare
—
reign of Manu
;
tapaḥ
—
of the austerities
;
viśaṅkitaḥ
—
becoming fearful
;
brahman
—
O brāhmaṇa Śaunaka
;
ārebhe
—
he set into motion
;
tat
—
of that austerity
;
vighātanam
—
obstruction .
Translation
O brāhmaṇa, during the seventh reign of Manu, the current age, Lord Indra came to know of Mārkaṇḍeya’s austerities and became fearful of his growing mystic potency. Thus he tried to impede the sage’s penance.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O brāhmaṇa, during the reign of the seventh Manu, the current age, Indra came to know of Mārkaṇḍeya's austerities, and being fearful, he began to obstruct the sage's penance.
Indra became fearful that by his austerity he would take Indra’s post.