Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19


Sanskrit:

एवं द्वितीये तृतीये चतुर्थे पञ्चमे तथा ।अभ्येत्याभ्येत्य स्थविरो विप्रो भूत्वाह वृत्रहा ॥ १९ ॥

ITRANS:

evaṁ dvitīye tṛtīyecaturthe pañcame tathāabhyetyābhyetya sthavirovipro bhūtvāha vṛtra-hā

Translation:

In this way, at the end of the second, third, fourth and fifth years, when Rohita wanted to return to his capital, the King of heaven, Indra, approached him as an old brāhmaṇa and forbade him to return, repeating the same words as in the previous year.

Purport: