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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.7.19
abhyetyabhyetya sthaviro
SYNONYMS
evam -- in this way; dvitiye -- on the second year; tritiye -- on the third year; caturthe -- on the fourth year; pancame -- on the fifth year; tatha -- as well as; abhyetya -- coming before him; abhyetya -- again coming before him; sthavirah -- a very old man; viprah -- a brahmana; bhutva -- becoming so; aha -- said; vritra-ha -- Indra.
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 brahmana and forbade him to return, repeating the same words as in the previous year.
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