श्रीराजोवाच कस्य हेतो: परित्यक्ता आचार्येणात्मन: सुरा: । एतदाचक्ष्व भगवञ्छिष्याणामक्रमं गुरौ ॥ १ ॥
sri-rajovaca kasya hetoh parityakta acaryenatmanah surah etad acaksva bhagavan chisyanam akramam gurau
- sri-raja uvaca
- the King inquired
- kasya hetoh
- for what reason
- parityaktah
- rejected
- acaryena
- by the spiritual master, Brhaspati
- atmanah
- of himself
- surah
- all the demigods
- etat
- this
- acaksva
- kindly describe
- bhagavan
- O great sage (Sukadeva Gosvami)
- sisyanam
- of the disciples
- akramam
- the offense
- gurau
- unto the spiritual master.
Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: O great sage, why did the spiritual master of the demigods, Brhaspati, reject the demigods, who were his own disciples? What offense did the demigods commit against their spiritual master? Please describe to me this incident.