एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य मघोनो भगवान् गृहात् । बृहस्पतिर्गतोऽदृष्टां गतिमध्यात्ममायया ॥ १६ ॥
evam cintayatas tasya maghono bhagavan grhat brhaspatir gato ’drstam gatim adhyatma-mayaya
- evam
- thus
- cintayatah
- while thinking very seriously
- tasya
- he
- maghonah
- Indra
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- grhat
- from his home
- brhaspatih
- Brhaspati
- gatah
- went
- adrstam
- invisible
- gatim
- to a state
- adhyatma
- due to being highly elevated in spiritual consciousness
- mayaya
- by his potency.
While Indra, the King of the demigods, thought in this way and repented in his own assembly, Brhaspati, the most powerful spiritual master, understood his mind. Thus he became invisible to Indra and left home, for Brhaspati was spiritually more powerful than King Indra.