Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 8 Chapter 5 Verses 17-18

Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 5: The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.5.17-18

niśāmyaitat sura-gaṇā

mahendra-varuṇādayaḥ

nādhyagacchan svayaḿ mantrair

mantrayanto viniścitam

tato brahma-sabhāḿ jagmur

meror mūrdhani sarvaśaḥ

sarvaḿ vijñāpayāḿ cakruḥ

praṇatāḥ parameṣṭhine

SYNONYMS

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.

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