Chapter 86 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 86

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 86.5

ततः सर्वे सुरगणाः सोपाध्यायाः सहर्षिभिः। तं देशं समुपाजग्मुर्यवेन्द्रो भयमोहितः॥ ते तु दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षमावृतं ब्रह्महत्यया। तं पुरस्कृत्य देवेशमश्वमेधं प्रचक्रिरे॥

tataḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ sopādhyāyāḥ saharṣibhiḥ| taṃ deśaṃ samupājagmuryavendro bhayamohitaḥ|| te tu dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣamāvṛtaṃ brahmahatyayā| taṃ puraskṛtya deveśamaśvamedhaṃ pracakrire||

English Meaning

With Rșis and Rtvikas they fearfully approached Purandra; and beholding him assailed by the sin of Brahmanicide, they with him, at their head, engaged in celebrating a horse-sacrifice.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)