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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.7.34
śrī-ṛṣir uvāca
abhyarthitaḥ sura-gaṇaiḥ
paurahitye mahā-tapāḥ
sa viśvarūpas tān āha
prasannaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā
SYNONYMS
śrī-ṛṣiḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak; abhyarthitaḥ — being requested; sura-gaṇaiḥ — by the demigods; paurahitye — in accepting the priesthood; mahā-tapāḥ — highly advanced in austerity and penances; saḥ — he; viśvarūpaḥ — Viśvarūpa; tān — to the demigods; āha — spoke; prasannaḥ — being satisfied; ślakṣṇayā — sweet; girā — with words.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When all the demigods requested the great Viśvarūpa to be their priest, Viśvarūpa, who was advanced in austerities, was very pleased. He replied to them as follows.
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