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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.5.3
vibhur indraḥ sura-gaṇā
rājan bhūtarayādayaḥ
hiraṇyaromā vedaśirā
ūrdhvabāhv-ādayo dvijāḥ
SYNONYMS
vibhuḥ — Vibhu; indraḥ — the King of heaven; sura-gaṇāḥ — the demigods; rājan — O King; bhūtaraya-ādayaḥ — headed by the Bhūtarayas; hiraṇyaromā — Hiraṇyaromā; vedaśirā — Vedaśirā; ūrdhvabāhu — Ūrdhvabāhu; ādayaḥ — and others; dvijāḥ — the brāhmaṇas or ṛṣis who occupied the seven planets.
TRANSLATION
O King, in the millennium of Raivata Manu the King of heaven was known as Vibhu, among the demigods were the Bhūtarayas, and among the seven brāhmaṇas who occupied the seven planets were Hiraṇyaromā, Vedaśirā and Ūrdhvabāhu.
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