श्रीशुक उवाच अथ ब्रह्मात्मजै: देवै: प्रजेशैरावृतोऽभ्यगात् । भवश्च भूतभव्येशो ययौ भूतगणैर्वृत: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca atha brahmātma-jaiḥ devaiḥ prajeśair āvṛto ’bhyagāt bhavaś ca bhūta-bhavyeśo yayau bhūta-gaṇair vṛtaḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- atha
- then
- brahmā
- Lord Brahmā
- ātma-jaiḥ
- by his sons (headed by Sanaka)
- devaiḥ
- by the demigods
- prajā-īśaiḥ
- and by the progenitors of universal population (headed by Marīci)
- āvṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- abhyagāt
- went (to Dvārakā)
- bhavaḥ
- Lord Śiva
- ca
- also
- bhūta
- to all living beings
- bhavya-īśaḥ
- the bestower of auspiciousness
- yayau
- went
- bhūta gaṇaiḥ
- by the hordes of ghostly creatures
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Brahmā then set off for Dvārakā, accompanied by his own sons as well as by the demigods and the great Prajāpatis. Lord Śiva, the bestower of auspiciousness to all living beings, also went, surrounded by many ghostly creatures.