Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 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; vaiin 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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