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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.3.30
sthito 'labdha-kshanah kshanam
svabhiprayam nyavedayat
SYNONYMS
avartamane -- because of being engaged; gandharve -- in hearing songs from the Gandharvas; sthitah -- situated; alabdha-kshanah -- there was no time to talk; kshanam -- even a moment; tat-ante -- when it ended; adyam -- unto the original teacher of the universe (Lord Brahma); anamya -- after offering obeisances; sva-abhiprayam -- his own desire; nyavedayat -- Kakudmi submitted.
TRANSLATION
When Kakudmi arrived there, Lord Brahma was engaged in hearing musical performances by the Gandharvas and had not a moment to talk with him. Therefore Kakudmi waited, and at the end of the musical performances he offered his obeisances to Lord Brahma and thus submitted his long-standing desire.
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