सो ऽश्वं रूपं च तद्धित्वा तस्मा अन्तर्हितः स्वराट् ।
वीरः स्वपशुमादाय पितुर्यज्ञमुपेयिवान् ॥ १७ ॥
so 'svam rupam ca tad dhitva
sah-King Indra; asvam-the horse; rupam-the false dress of a saintly person; ca-also; tat-that; hitva-giving up; tasmai-for him; antarhitah-disappeared; sva-rat-Indra; virah-the great hero; sva-pasum-his animal; adaya-having taken; pituh-of his father; yajnam-to the sacrifice; upeyivan-he came back.
When Indra saw that the son of Prthu was chasing him, he immediately abandoned his false dress and left the horse. Indeed, he disappeared from that very spot, and the great hero, the son of Maharaja Prthu, returned the horse to his father's sacrificial arena.