SB 6.7.34

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sixth Canto, Chapter 7: Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Bṛhaspati.

SB 6.7.33

SB 6.7.35

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 34

śrī-ṛṣir uvāca
abhyarthitaḥ sura-gaṇaiḥ
paurahitye mahā-tapāḥ
sa viśvarūpas tān āha
prasannaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā

SYNONYMS

śrī-ṛṣiḥ uvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak; abhyarthitaḥ—being requested; sura-gaṇaiḥ—by the demigods; paurahitye—in accepting the priesthood; mahā-tapāḥ—highly advanced in austerity and penances; saḥ—he; viśvarūpaḥ—Viśvarūpa; tān—to the demigods; āha—spoke; prasannaḥ—being satisfied; ślakṣṇayā—sweet; girā—with words.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When all the demigods requested the great Viśvarūpa to be their priest, Viśvarūpa, who was advanced in austerities, was very pleased. He replied to them as follows.