श्रीऋषिरुवाच अभ्यर्थित: सुरगणै: पौरहित्ये महातपा: । स विश्वरूपस्तानाह प्रसन्न: श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥ ३४ ॥
sri-rsir uvaca abhyarthitah sura-ganaih paurahitye maha-tapah sa visvarupas tan aha prasannah slaksnaya gira
- sri-rsih uvaca
- Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak
- abhyarthitah
- being requested
- sura-ganaih
- by the demigods
- paurahitye
- in accepting the priesthood
- maha-tapah
- highly advanced in austerity and penances
- sah
- he
- visvarupah
- Visvarupa
- tan
- to the demigods
- aha
- spoke
- prasannah
- being satisfied
- slaksnaya
- sweet
- gira
- with words.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When all the demigods requested the great Visvarupa to be their priest, Visvarupa, who was advanced in austerities, was very pleased. He replied to them as follows.