### SB 6.7.34

> श्रीऋषिरुवाच\
> अभ्यर्थितः सुरगणैः पौरहित्ये महातपाः\
> स विश्वरूपस्तानाह प्रसन्नः श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥३४॥

> śrī-ṛṣir uvāca\
> abhyarthitaḥ sura-gaṇaiḥ\
> paurahitye mahā-tapāḥ\
> sa viśvarūpas tān āha\
> prasannaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā

*śrī-ṛṣiḥ uvāca*—Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak; *abhyarthitaḥ*—being requested; *sura-gaṇaiḥ*—by the demigods; *paurahitye*—in accepting the priesthood; *mahā-tapāḥ*—highly advanced in austerity and penances; *saḥ*—he; *viśvarūpaḥ*—Viśvarūpa; *tān*—to the demigods; *āha*—spoke; *prasannaḥ*—being satisfied; *ślakṣṇayā*—sweet; *girā*—with words.

**Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When all the demigods requested the great Viśvarūpa to be their priest, Viśvarūpa, who was advanced in austerities, was very pleased. He replied to them as follows.**