🪷 ŚB 3.17.1
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
मैत्रेय उवाच
निशम्यात्मभुवा गीतं कारणं शङ्कयोज्झिता: ।
तत: सर्वे न्यवर्तन्त त्रिदिवाय दिवौकस: ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration
maitreya uvāca
niśamyātma-bhuvā gītaṁ
kāraṇaṁ śaṅkayojjhitāḥ
tataḥ sarve nyavartanta
tridivāya divaukasaḥ
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ — the sage Maitreya; uvāca — said; niśamya — upon hearing; ātma-bhuvā — by Brahmā; gītam — explanation; kāraṇam — the cause; śaṅkayā — from fear; ujjhitāḥ — freed; tataḥ — then; sarve — all; nyavartanta — returned; tri-divāya — to the heavenly planets; diva-okasaḥ — the demigods (who inhabit the higher planets).
Translation
Śrī Maitreya said: The demigods, the inhabitants of the higher planets, were freed from all fear upon hearing the cause of the darkness explained by Brahmā, who was born from Viṣṇu. Thus they all returned to their respective planets.
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