Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.29

śrī-vasudeva uvāca

namo vah sarva-devebhya

rishayah śrotum arhatha

karmanā karma-nirhāro

yathā syān nas tad ucyatām

SYNONYMS

śrī-vasudevah uvāca — Śrī Vasudeva said; namah — obeisances; vah — to you; sarva — all; devebhyah — (who comprise) the demigods; rishayah — O sages; śrotum arhatha — please listen; karmanā — by material work; karma — of (previous) work; nirhārah — the purging; yathā — how; syāt — there may be; nah — to us; tat — that; ucyatām — please say.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Vasudeva said: Obeisances to you, the residence of all the demigods. Please hear me, O sages. Kindly tell us how the reactions of one's work can be counteracted by further work.

PURPORT

Here Vasudeva addresses the sages as "the residence of all the demigods." His statement is confirmed in the authoritative śruti-mantras, which declare, yāvatīr vai devatās tāh sarvā veda-vidi brāhmane vasanti: "Whatever demigods exist, all reside in a brāhmana who knows the Veda."

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