Text 21]
Indra Offends Brhaspati
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tāṁs tathābhyarditān vīkṣya bhagavān ātmabhūr ajaḥ kṛpayā parayā deva uvāca parisāntvayan
tān—them (the demigods); tathā—in that way; abhyarditān—afflicted by the weapons of the demons; vīkṣya—seeing; bhagavān—the most powerful; ātma-bhūḥ—Lord Brahmā; ajaḥ—who was not born like an ordinary human being; kṛpayā—out of causeless mercy; parayā—great; devaḥ—Lord Brahmā; uvāca—said; parisāntvayan—pacifying them.
TRANSLATION
When the most powerful Lord Brahmā saw the demigods coming toward him, their bodies gravely injured by the arrows of the demons, he pacified them by his great causeless mercy and spoke as follows.
TEXT 21
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच
अहो बत सुरश्रेष्ठा ह्यमद्रं वः कृतं महत् । ब्रह्मिष्ठं ब्राह्मणं दान्तमैश्वर्यान्नाभ्यनन्दत ॥२१॥
śrī-brahmovāca
aho bata sura-śreṣṭhā
hy abhadram vaḥ kṛtam mahat brahmiṣṭham brāhmaṇam dāntam aiśvaryān nābhyanandata
śrī-brahmā uvāca—Lord Brahmā said; aho—alas; bata—it is very astonishing; sura-śreṣṭhāḥ—O best of the demigods; hi—indeed; abhadram—injustice; vaḥ—by you; kṛtam—done; mahat—great; brahmiṣṭham—a person fully obedient to the Supreme Brahman; brāhmaṇam—a brāhmaṇa; dāntam—who has fully controlled the mind and senses; aiśvaryāt—because of your material opulence; na—not: abhyanandata—welcomed properly.