Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.89.3

na tasmai prahvanam stotram

cakre sattva-parikshaya

tasmai cukrodha bhagavan

prajvalan svena tejasa

SYNONYMS

na -- not; tasmai -- to him (Brahma); prahvanam -- bowing down; stotram -- recitation of prayers; cakre -- made; sattva -- his situation in the mode of goodness; parikshaya -- with the aim of testing; tasmai -- at him; cukrodha -- became angry; bhagavan -- the lord; prajvalan -- becoming inflamed; svena -- with his own; tejasa -- passion.

TRANSLATION

To test how well Lord Brahma was situated in the mode of goodness, Bhrigu failed to bow down to him or glorify him with prayers. The lord became angry at him, inflamed into fury by his own passion.

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