Text 33]
Indra Offends Brhaspati
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TRANSLATION
Dear son, we have been defeated by our enemies, and therefore we are very much aggrieved. Please mercifully fulfill our desires by relieving our distress through the strength of your austerities. Please fulfill our prayers.
TEXT 32
वृणीमहे त्वोपाध्यायं ब्रह्मिष्ठं ब्राह्मणं गुरुम् । यथाञ्जसा विजेष्यामः सपतांस्तव तेजसा ॥३२॥
vṛṇīmahe tvopādhyāyam brahmiṣṭham brāhmaṇam gurum yathāñjasā vijeṣyāmaḥ sapatnāms tava tejasā
vṛṇīmahe —we choose;  tvā —you;  upādhyāyam —as teacher and spiritual master;  brahmiṣṭham —being perfectly aware of the Supreme Brahman;  brāhmaṇam —a qualified  brāhmaṇa ;  gurum —the perfect spiritual master;  yathā —so that;  añjasā —very easily;  vijeṣyāmaḥ —we shall defeat;  sapatnām —our rivals;  tava —your;  tejasā —by the power of austerity.
TRANSLATION
Since you are completely aware of the Supreme Brahman, you are a perfect  brāhmaṇa , and therefore you are the spiritual master of all orders of life. We accept you as our spiritual master and director so that by the power of your austerity we may easily defeat the enemies who have conquered us.
PURPORT
One must approach a particular type of  guru  to execute a particular type of duty. Therefore although Viśvarūpa was inferior to the demigods, the demigods accepted him as their  guru  to conquer the demons.
TEXT 33
न गर्हयन्ति ह्यर्थेषु यविष्ठाङ्ध्यमिवादनम् । छन्दोम्योऽन्यत्र न ब्रह्मन् वयोज्यैष्ठ्यस्य कारणम् ॥ ३३ ॥