Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.6.1-2

maitreya uvāca

atha deva-gaṇāḥ sarve

rudrānīkaiḥ parājitāḥ

śūla-paṭṭiśa-nistriḿśa-

gadā-parigha-mudgaraiḥ

sañchinna-bhinna-sarvāńgāḥ

sartvik-sabhyā bhayākulāḥ

svayambhuve namaskṛtya

kārtsnyenaitan nyavedayan

SYNONYMS

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; atha — after this; deva-gaṇāḥ — the demigods; sarve — all; rudra-anīkaiḥ — by the soldiers of Lord Śiva; parājitāḥ — having been defeated; śūla — trident; paṭṭiśa — a sharp-edged spear; nistriḿśa — a sword; gadā — mace; parigha — an iron bludgeon; mudgaraiḥ — a hammerlike weapon; sañchinna-bhinna-sarva-ańgāḥ — all the limbs wounded; sa-ṛtvik-sabhyāḥ — with all the priests and members of the sacrificial assembly; bhaya-ākulāḥ — with great fear; svayambhuve — unto Lord Brahmā; namaskṛtya — after offering obeisances; kārtsnyena — in detail; etat — the events of Dakṣa's sacrifice; nyavedayan — reported.

TRANSLATION

All the priests and other members of the sacrificial assembly and all the demigods, having been defeated by the soldiers of Lord Śiva and injured by weapons like tridents and swords, approached Lord Brahmā with great fear. After offering him obeisances, they began to speak in detail of all the events which had taken place.

<<< >>>

Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness