सर्गः ७५
In which Lakṣmaṇa commends the cleansing Aśvamēdha and tells how righteous Vr̥tra tapas drove fearful Indra to Viṣṇu
Bharata ends and Lakṣmaṇa proposes purifying Aśvamēdha — Lakṣmaṇa cites Indra cleansed of brahmahatyā by horse rite — Lakṣmaṇa tells of righteous asura Vr̥tra spanning hundred yōjanas — Vr̥tra rules whole earth righteously with fruitful harvests — Vr̥tra entrusts kingdom to son and begins fierce tapas frightening gods — Distressed Indra tells Viṣṇu Vr̥tra conquered worlds — Indra warns Vr̥tra will enslave worlds if tapas continues — Indra pleads Viṣṇu to save gods by slaying Vr̥tra