Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.39
visasarja tanuḿ tāḿ vai
jyotsnāḿ kāntimatīḿ priyām
ta eva cādaduḥ prītyā
viśvāvasu-purogamāḥ
SYNONYMS
visasarja — gave up; tanum — form; tām — that; vai — in fact; jyotsnām — moonlight; kānti-matīm — shining; priyām — beloved; te — the Gandharvas; eva — certainly; ca — and; ādaduḥ — took possession; prītyā — gladly; viśvāvasu-puraḥ-gamāḥ — headed by Viśvāvasu.
TRANSLATION
After that, Brahmā gave up that shining and beloved form of moonlight. Viśvāvasu and other Gandharvas gladly took possession of it.
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