He remained as if in disguise under the water restless as a serpent. And then the lord of the gods, struck with the fear of the sin of killing a Brahmana, was destroyed, so to say.
प्रतिच्छन्नोऽवसच्चाप्सु चेष्टमान इवोरगः। ततः प्रनष्टे देवेन्द्रे ब्रह्महत्याभयादिते॥