विज्ञाय शक्रकृतमक्रममादिदेव: प्राह प्रहस्य गतविस्मय एजमानान् । मा भैष्टभो मदन मारुत देववध्वो गृह्णीत नो बलिमशून्यमिमं कुरुध्वम् ॥ ८ ॥
vijñāya śakra-kṛtam akramam ādi-devaḥ prāha prahasya gata-vismaya ejamānān mā bhair vibho madana māruta deva-vadhvo gṛhṇīta no balim aśūnyam imaṁ kurudhvam
- vijñāya
- understanding perfectly
- śakra
- by Indra
- kṛtam
- committed
- akramam
- the offense
- ādi-devaḥ
- the original Personality of Godhead
- prāha
- He spoke
- prahasya
- laughing
- gata-vismayaḥ
- free from pride
- ejamānān
- to those who were trembling
- mā bhaiḥ
- please have no fear
- vibho
- O mighty one
- madana
- Cupid
- māruta
- O god of the wind
- deva-vadhvaḥ
- O wives of the demigods
- gṛhṇīta
- please accept
- naḥ
- from Us
- balim
- these gifts
- aśūnyam
- not empty
- imam
- this (āśrama)
- kurudhvam
- please make
The primeval Lord, understanding the offense committed by Indra, did not become proud. Instead He spoke laughingly as follows to Cupid and his followers, who were trembling before Him: “Do not fear, O mighty Madana, O wind-god and wives of the demigods. Rather, please accept these gifts I am offering you and kindly sanctify My āśrama by your presence.”