Indra,   who   was   rendered   without   testicles   thereafter   spoke to   the   celestials,   who   were   in   the   company   of   sages,   Charanas and   were   having  the  god of  Fire as  their leader,  with  a  face trembling  with  fear  (1).  
k¤vIta   tpsaE   ¢vG"|   gaWtmÞy   mhaÏmn:   .
@aEDm¤Ïpaï   ¢h   mya   s¤rkayI¢md|   k]tm¯   ¡ 2¡

k¤vIta

intent on

tps:

penance

¢vG"|

interruption

gaWtmÞy

of Gautama

mhaÏmn:

of the great soul

@aED|

anger

uÏpaï

arousing

¢h

indeed

mya

by me

s¤rkayI|

what is favourable to the gods

id|

this

k]tm¯

was done

 
`This  act  of  mine, calculated  to  interrupt  the  penance  of  the  high-souled   Gautama  by  kindling  his  ire  was  indeed  in the  interest  of  the  gods   (2).  
APlaE{¢Þm   k]tÞtEn   @aEDat¯   sa   c   ¢nrak]ta   .
SapmaEXEN   mhta   tpaE{Þyap¶t|   mya   ¡ 3¡

APl:	testicleless

A¢Þm

am

k]t:

rendered

tEn

by him

@aEDat¯

due to anger

sa

she

c

also

¢nrak]ta

cursed

SapmaEXEN

due to the utterance of the curse

mhta

great

tp:

penance

AÞy

his

Ap¶t|

robbed

mya

my

 
I   have   been   rendered   testicleless   and   she   has   also   been   cursed
by   him,   out   of   anger   and   by   causing   him   to   pronounce   these   great curses,   I   have   denuded   the   accumulation   of   his   penance     (3).  
tÓma|   s¤rvra:   svI   s¢xIsH¯Ga:   scarNa:   .
  s¤rkayIkr|   y¥y|   sPl|   kt¤ImhIT   ¡ 4¡

tt¯

therefore

ma|

me

s¤rvra:

best among gods

svI

all

s¢xIsH¯Ga:

in the groups of sages

scarNa:

along with Charanas

s¤rkayIkr|

the one who has acted in the interest of the gods

y¥y|

you

sPl|	with testicles

kt¤I|

to render

AhIT	be pleased

 
Therefore,   all   of   you-the   best   among   gods,   groups   of   sages   and
Charanas-deserve   to   render   me   possessed   of   testicles,   since   I have   accomplished   an   act   in   the   best   interest   of   the   celestials'   (4).  
St@taEvIc:   ½¤Ïva   dEva:   sa¢g"p¤raEgma:   .
¢pt¦dEvan¤pEÏyah^:   sh   svWImIâéNW:   ¡ 5¡

St@taE:

of the one who has performed a hundred sacrifices (Indra)

vc:

words

½¤Ïva

upon hearing

dEva:

the gods

sa¢g"p¤raEgma:

with the fire god in the lead

¢pt¦dEvan¯

the presiding deities of the manes

upEÏy

having approached

Aah^:

said

sh	along with

svWI:

all

mâéNW:

groups of Maruts

 
Having   heard   those   words   of   the   one   who   had   performed   a   hundred sacrifices   (Lord   Indra),   the   gods   with   the   god   of   fire   in   the   lead, went   to   the   presiding   deities   of   the   manes,   along   with   the   groups of   Maruts   and   made   (the   following   )   supplication   (5).  
  p¤ra{¢vcayI   maEhEn   §¢xpÏn£|   St@t¤:   .
DxI¢yÏva   m¤nEÜSapaäOæOWv   ¢vPl:   k]t:   ¡ 6¡

p¤ra	previously

A¢vcayI

thoughtlessly

maEhEn

impulsively

§¢xpÏn£|

the sage's wife

St@t¤:

one who has performed a hundred sacrifice (Indra)

DxI¢yÏva

having cohabited

m¤nE:

of the sage

Sapat¯

due to the curse

tæO

there

ev

itself

¢vPl:

without

k]t:	was rendered

 
Without  pondering  over  the  matter,  in  the  first   instance, the   performer   of   a   hundred   sacrifices   (Indra),   having   co-habited the   wife   of   the   seer,   owing   to   impulsiveness,   was   rendered without   testicles   then   and   there,   because   of   the   curse   of the   sage   (6)  
Ay|   mEx:   sv¦xN:   S@aE   /v¦xN:   k]t:   .
mExÞy   v¦xNaW   g¦/   S@ayaS¤   p#yÅCt   ¡7¡

Ay|

this

mEx:

goat

sv¦xN:

is with testicles

S@:

Indra

¢h

indeed

Av¦xN:

without testicles

k]t:	has been rendered

mExÞy

of (this) goat

v¦xNaW

testicles

g¦/	having extracted

S@ay

for Indra

AaS¤

forthwith

p#yÅCt

fit

This   yonder   goat   is   with   testicles   and   Indra   has   been   rendered
without   them.   May   you   be   pleased   to   remove   the   testicles   of   the
goat   and   fit   them   on   to   Indra,   without   loss   of   time   (7).  
APlÞt¤   k]taE   mEx:   pra|   t¤¢¾|   p#daÞy¢t   ¡ 8¡

APl:	without testicles

t¤

indeed

k]t:

rendered

mEx:

the goat

pra|

supreme

t¤¢¾|

satisfaction

p#daÞy¢t

will give

 
The  goat  that  is  to  be  rendered  testicleless  will  bestow  great benefits   (8).  
Bvta|   hxINaTI|   c   yE   c   daÞy¢Ót   manva:   ¡ 9¡

Bvta|

for your

hxINaTI|

happiness

c

and

yE

whoever

c

and

daÞy¢Ót

gift

manva:

men

 
Whosoever   will   be   making   gifts   for   satisfying   you,   those   people
will   also   be   blessed   in   the   same   manner'   (9).  
iÏyg"EvIcn|   ½¤Ïva   ¢pt¦dEva:   smagta:   .
uÏpazY   mExv¦xNaW   sh*aXE   ÓyvESyn¯   ¡ 10¡

i¢t	in this manner

Ag"E:

of Agni (the fire god)

vcn|

words

½¤Ïva

on hearing

¢pt¦dEva:

the deities of the manes

smagta:

gathering together

uÏpazY

pulling out

mExv¦xNaW

the testicles of the goat

sh*aXE

in the thousand eyed

ÓyvESyn¯

fitted

 
Upon   hearing   those   words   of   the   fire-god,   all   the   presiding   deities
of   the   manes   plucked   the   testicles   of   the   goat   and   transplanted
them   on   to   Indra   (10).