You assumed the form of Vishnu for protecting all the beings. Vritra being slain through (the aid of) your strength, Vasava, the chief among all the gods, is overpowered by the sin of slaying a Brahmana. Indicate to us the means of his salvation. Vishnu, having
रक्षार्थं सर्वभूतानां विष्णुत्वमुपजग्मिवान्। त्वद्वीर्यनिहते वृत्रे वासवो ब्रह्महत्यया।॥ वृतः सुरगणश्रेष्ठ मोक्षं तस्य विनिर्दिशा तेषां तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा देवानां विष्णुरब्रवीत्॥