Thereupon the God once more addressed all the celestials, headed by Indra himself, saying-"Grief should never be felt by you considering that I shall not slaughter the Asuras. Now do you understand that the Asuras have already been slaughtered by this arrow."
ततो भूयोऽब्रवीद् देवो देवानिन्द्रपुरोगमान्॥ न हन्यादिति कर्तव्यो न शोको वः कथञ्चन। हतानित्येव जानीत बाणेनानेन तासुरान्॥