Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 7: Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Bṛhaspati.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.7.16

evaḿ cintayatas tasya

maghono bhagavān gṛhāt

bṛhaspatir gato 'dṛṣṭāḿ

gatim adhyātma-māyayā

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; cintayataḥ — while thinking very seriously; tasyahe; maghonaḥIndra; bhagavān — the most powerful; gṛhāt — from his home; bṛhaspatiḥBṛhaspati; gataḥ — went; adṛṣṭām — invisible; gatimto a state; adhyātma — due to being highly elevated in spiritual consciousness; māyayā — by his potency.

TRANSLATION

While Indra, the King of the demigods, thought in this way and repented in his own assembly, Bṛhaspati, the most powerful spiritual master, understood his mind. Thus he became invisible to Indra and left home, for Bṛhaspati was spiritually more powerful than King Indra.

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