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अगस्त्य उवाच । ततो विवदमानः स मुनिभिः सह वासव । अथ मामस्पृशन्मूर्ध्नि पादेनाधर्मपीडितः॥५-१७-११॥
Agastya said: “Then, while disputing with the sages, O Vāsava, he—pressed by adharma—touched my head with his foot.”
english translation
तेनाभूद्धततेजाः स निःश्रीकश्च शचीपते । ततस्तमहमाविग्नमवोचं भयपीडितम्॥५-१७-१२॥
By that deed, O Śacīpati (Indra), he was stripped of radiance and good fortune. Then I spoke to him, distressed and driven by fear.
english translation
यस्मात्पूर्वैः कृतं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मर्षिभिरनुष्ठितम् । अदुष्टं दूषयसि वै यच्च मूर्ध्न्यस्पृशः पदा॥५-१७-१३॥
Because you defile what the ancients established and the brahmarṣis observed—something blameless—and because you have touched a venerable one upon the head with your foot,
english translation
यच्चापि त्वमृषीन्मूढ ब्रह्मकल्पान्दुरासदान् । वाहान्कृत्वा वाहयसि तेन स्वर्गाद्धतप्रभः॥५-१७-१४॥
And because you, deluded one, have made the sages—Brahman-like and hard to approach—into bearers and compelled them to carry you, therefore you have lost your splendor and shall fall from heaven.
english translation
ध्वंस पाप परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणपुण्यो महीतलम् । दश वर्षसहस्राणि सर्परूपधरो महान् । विचरिष्यसि पूर्णेषु पुनः स्वर्गमवाप्स्यसि॥५-१७-१५॥
Fall, sinful one—cast down and with your merit exhausted—upon the earth. For ten thousand years you shall wander, bearing the form of a mighty serpent; when that term is fulfilled, you will again attain heaven.
english translation