Verse 4

⁴He conquered the three worlds and offered the royal consecration; and out of pride he carried off by force the wife of Brhaspati, Tara by name. ⁵Though the teacher of the gods asked for her again and again, in his drunkenness he would not give her back; and because of that a war broke out between the gods and the Danavas. ⁶Sukra, out of hatred for Brhaspati, took the moon's side, with the demons; and Hara, out of affection for his own teacher's son, took the other, with all the hosts of spirits around him. ⁷Great Indra, with all the hosts of gods, went after the teacher. There was a battle that destroyed gods and antigods alike, and it was all for Tara.

⁸Then, told of it by Angiras, the maker of all rebuked Soma and gave Tara back to her husband; and her husband saw that she was carrying.