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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.6.30
mahendraḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā
sāntvayitvā mahā-matiḥ
abhyabhāṣata tat sarvaḿ
śikṣitaḿ puruṣottamāt
SYNONYMS
mahā-indraḥ — the King of heaven, Indra; ślakṣṇayā — very mild; vācā — by words; sāntvayitvā — pleasing Bali Mahārāja very much; mahā-matiḥ — the most intelligent person; abhyabhāṣata — addressed; tat — that; sarvam — everything; śikṣitam — that was learned; puruṣa-uttamāt — from Lord Viṣṇu.
TRANSLATION
After pleasing Bali Mahārāja with mild words, Lord Indra, the King of the demigods, who was most intelligent, very politely submitted all the proposals he had learned from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu.
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