Text 8] Indra Offends Brhaspati 31

paraphernalia; virdjamdanah—shining; paulamya—his wife, Saci;
saha—with; ardha-dsanayaé—who occupied half the throne; bhrsam—
greatly; sah—he (Indra); yada—when; parama-dcdryam—the most
exalted dcdrya, spiritual master; devaéndm—of all the demigods; at-
manah—of himself; ca—and; ha—indeed; na—not; abhyanandata—
welcomed; sampraéptam—having appeared in the assembly; pratyut-
thana—by getting up from the throne; dsana-ddibhih—and by a seat
and other greetings; vaécaspatim—the priest of the demigods, Brhaspati;
muni-varam—the best of all the sages; swra-asura-namaskrtam —who is
respected by both the demigods and the asuras; na—not; uccacdla—did
get up; Gsanadt—from the throne; indrah—Indra; pasyan api—although
seeing; sabha-agatam—entering the assembly.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, once upon a time, the King of
heaven, Indra, being extremely proud because of his great opu-
lence of the three worlds, transgressed the law of Vedic etiquette.
Seated on his throne, he was surrounded by the Maruts, Vasus,
Rudras, Adityas, Rbhus, Visvadevas, Sadhyas, Asvini-kumaras,
Siddhas, Caranas and Gandharvas and by great saintly persons.
Also surrounding him were the Vidyadharas, Apsaras, Kinnaras,
Patagas [birds] and Uragas [snakes]. All of them were offering In-
dra their respects and services, and the Apsaras and Gandharvas
were dancing and singing with very sweet musical instruments.
Over Indra’s head was a white umbrella as effulgent as the full
moon. Fanned by yak-tail whisks and served with all the parapher-
nalia of a great king, Indra was sitting with his wife, Sacidevi, who
occupied half the throne, when the great sage Brhaspati appeared
in that assembly. Brhaspati, the best of the sages, was the spiritual
master of Indra and the demigods and was respected by the
demigods and demons alike. Nevertheless, although Indra saw his
spiritual master before him, he did not rise from his own seat or
offer a seat to his spiritual master, nor did Indra offer him a re-
spectful welcome. Indra did nothing to show him respect.
