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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.7.9

tato nirgatya sahasā

kavir āńgirasaḥ prabhuḥ

āyayau sva-gṛhaḿ tūṣṇīḿ

vidvān śrī-mada-vikriyām

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — thereafter; nirgatya — going out; sahasā — suddenly; kaviḥ — the great learned sage; āńgirasaḥBṛhaspati; prabhuḥ — the master of the demigods; āyayau — returned; sva-gṛhamto his home; tūṣṇīm — being silent; vidvān — having known; śrī-mada-vikriyām — deterioration because of madness due to opulence.

TRANSLATION

Bṛhaspati knew everything that would happen in the future. Seeing Indra's transgression of etiquette, he completely understood that Indra was puffed up by his material opulence. Although able to curse Indra, he did not do so. Instead, he left the assembly and in silence returned to his home.

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