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Description of the Kingdom of God
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TEXT 11
मैत्रेय उवाच
स प्रहस्य महावाहो भगवान् शब्दगोचरः । प्रत्याचष्टात्मभूर्देवान् प्रीणन् रुचिरया गिरा ॥११॥
maitreya uvāca sa prahasya mahā-bāho bhagavān śabda-gocaraḥ pratyācaṣṭātma-bhūr devān prīṇan rucirayā girā
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  saḥ —he;  prahasya —smiling;  mahā-bāho —O mighty-armed (Vidura);  bhagavān —the possessor of all opulences;  śabda-gocaraḥ —who is understood by transcendental sound vibration;  pratyā-caṣṭa —replied;  ātma-bhūḥ —Lord Brahmā;  devān —the demigods;  prīṇan —satisfying;  rucirayā —with sweet;  girā —words.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said: Thus Lord Brahmā, who is understood by transcendental vibration, tried to satisfy the demigods, being pleased with their words of prayer.
PURPORT
Brahmā could understand the misdeeds of Diti, and therefore he smiled at the whole situation. He replied to the demigods present there in words they could understand.
TEXT 12
ब्रह्मोवाच
मानसा मे सुता युष्मत्पूर्वजाः सनकादयः । चेरुर्विहायसा लोकाँलोकेषु विगतस्पृहाः ॥१२॥
brahmovāca mānasā me sutā yuṣmat- pūrvajāḥ sanakādayaḥ cerur vihāyasā lokāl lokeṣu vigata-spṛhāḥ
brahmā uvāca —Lord Brahmā said;  mānasāḥ —born from the mind;  me —my;  sutāḥ —sons;  yuṣmat —than you;  pūrva-jāḥ —born previous;  sanaka-