Text 21] Indra Offends Brhaspati 43

tams tathabhyarditan viksya
bhagavan atmabhir ajah
krpaya paraya deva
uvaca parisdntvayan

tan—them (the demigods) ; tatha—in that way; abhyarditan—
afflicted by the weapons of the demons; viksya—seeing; bhagavan—the
most powerful; dtma-bhih—Lord Brahma; ajah—who was not born
like an ordinary human being; krpayad—out of causeless mercy;
paraya—great; devah—Lord Brahma; uvdéca—said; parisantvayan—
pacifying them.

TRANSLATION

When the most powerful Lord Brahma saw the demigods com-
ing 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

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Fal TA AB aa a: Hd eq |
afad aaot aedaaataeraced 112211

Sri-brahmovaca
aho bata sura-srestha
hy abhadram vah krtarn mahat
brahmistham brahmanam dantam
aisvaryan nabhyanandata

$ri-brahmé uvaéca—Lord Brahma said; aho—alas; bata—it is very
astonishing; sura-sresthah—O best of the demigods; /i—indeed:
abhadram—injustice; vah—by you; krtam—done; mahat—great:
brahmistham—a person fully obedient to the Supreme Brahman:
brahmanam—a brahmana; dantam—who has fully controlled the mind
and senses; aisvaryat—because of your material opulence: na—not:
abhyanandata—welcomed properly.
