ब्रह्मोवाच एष ते देव देवानामङ्घ्रिमूलमुपेयुषाम् । विप्राणां सौरभेयीणां भूतानामप्यनागसाम् ॥ २२ ॥ आगस्कृद्भयकृद्दुष्कृदस्मद्राद्धवरोऽसुर: । अन्वेषन्नप्रतिरथो लोकानटति कण्टक: ॥ २३ ॥
brahmovaca esa te deva devanam anghri-mulam upeyusam vipranam saurabheyinam bhutanam apy anagasam agas-krd bhaya-krd duskrd asmad-raddha-varo ’surah anvesann apratiratho lokan atati kantakah
- brahma uvaca
- Lord Brahma said
- esah
- this demon
- te
- Your
- deva
- O Lord
- devanam
- to the demigods
- anghri-mulam
- Your feet
- upeyusam
- to those having obtained
- vipranam
- to the brahmanas
- saurabheyinam
- to the cows
- bhutanam
- to ordinary living entities
- api
- also
- anagasam
- innocent
- agah-krt
- an offender
- bhaya-krt
- a source of fear
- duskrt
- wrongdoer
- asmat
- from me
- raddha-varah
- having attained a boon
- asurah
- a demon
- anvesan
- searching
- apratirathah
- having no proper combatant
- lokan
- all over the universe
- atati
- he wanders
- kantakah
- being a pinprick for everyone
Lord Brahma said: My dear Lord, this demon has proved to be a constant pinprick to the demigods, the brahmanas, the cows and innocent persons who are spotless and always dependent upon worshiping Your lotus feet. He has become a source of fear by unnecessarily harassing them. Since he has attained a boon from me, he has become a demon, always searching for a proper combatant, wandering all over the universe for this infamous purpose.