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Indra Offends Brhaspati
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TRANSLATION
All of you are my superiors. Therefore although accepting priesthood is sometimes reproachable, I cannot refuse even a small request from you. I agree to be your priest. I shall fulfill your request by dedicating my life and possessions.
TEXT 38
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच
तेभ्य एवं प्रतिश्रुत्य विश्वरूपो महातपाः ।
पौरहित्यं वृतश्चक्रे परमेण समाधिना ॥३८॥
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca tebhya evaṁ pratiśrutya viśvarūpo mahā-tapāḥ paurahityaṁ vṛtaś cakre parameṇa samādhinā
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:  tebhyaḥ —unto them (the demigods):  evam —thus;  pratiśrutya —promising;  viśvarūpaḥ —Viśvarūpa;  mahā-tapāḥ —the most exalted personality;  paurahityam —the priesthood;  vṛtaḥ —surrounded by them;  cakre —executed;  parameṇa —supreme;  samādhinā —with attention.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King, after making this promise to the demigods, the exalted Viśvarūpa, surrounded by the demigods, performed the necessary priestly activities with great enthusiasm and attention.
PURPORT
The word  samādhinā  is very important.  Samādhi  means complete absorption with an undiverted mind. Viśvarūpa, who was a most learned  brāhmaṇa , not only accepted the request of the demigods, but took their request seriously and performed the activities of priesthood with an undiverted mind. In other words, he accepted the priesthood not for ma-