Text 20]
The Demigods Appeal to the Lord
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niśāmya —hearing;  etat —this incident;  sura-gaṇāḥ —all the demigods;  mahā-indra —King Indra;  varuṇa-ādayaḥ —Varuṇa and other demigods;  na —not;  adhyagacchan —reached;  svayam —personally;  mantraiḥ —by deliberation;  mantrayantaḥ —discussing;  viniścitam —a real conclusion;  tataḥ —thereupon;  brahma-sabhām —to the assembly of Lord Brahmā;  jagmuḥ —they went;  meroḥ —of Sumeru Mountain;  mūrdhani —on the top;  sarvaśaḥ —all of them;  sarvam —everything;  vijñāpayām cakruḥ —they informed;  praṇatāḥ —offered obeisances;  parameṣṭhine —unto Lord Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
Lord Indra, Varuṇa and the other demigods, seeing their lives in such a state, consulted among themselves, but they could not find any solution. Then all the demigods assembled and went together to the peak of Sumeru Mountain. There, in the assembly of Lord Brahmā, they fell down to offer Lord Brahmā their obeisances, and then they informed him of all the incidents that had taken place.
TEXTS 19–20
स विलोक्येन्द्रवाय्वादीन् निःसत्त्वान्विगतप्रभान्।
लोकान्यद्भक्तप्राशनसुरानयथा विभुः ॥१९॥
समाहितेन मनसा संसरन्पुरुषं परम् ।
उवाचोत्फुल्लवदनो देवान्स भगवान्परः ॥२०॥
sa vilokyendra-vāyv-ādīn niḥsattvān vigata-prabhān lokān amaṅgala-prāyān asurān ayathā vibhuḥ
samāhitena manasā saṁsmaran puruṣaṁ param uvācotphulla-vadano devān sa bhagavān paraḥ