Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 6: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce

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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