The Purana Index v1.c5.s2.114
The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s2.114
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v1.c5.s2.114
Encouraged by the straight speech of Vṛtra, Indra took up his Vajra and cut off his other arm. Vṛtra swallowed him; but Indra, the vanquisher of Bala, got out of his stomach and cut off his head. Indra's regret at the murder of another Brāhmaṇa. The sin of brahmicide, says the legend, took the disguise of a Caṇḍāla woman and ran towards him in a terrific form when he entered the lake Mānasa and lived in the lotus stalks for a thousand years. Invited by Brāhmaṇas, he performed an Aśvamedha and got rid of his sins.²⁹