श्रीभगवानुवाच मैवं विभोऽसुराणां ते प्रदेय: पद्मसम्भव । वर: क्रूरनिसर्गाणामहीनाममृतं यथा ॥ ३० ॥
sri-bhagavan uvaca maivam vibho ’suranam te pradeyah padma-sambhava varah krura-nisarganam ahinam amrtam yatha
- sri-bhagavan uvaca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead replied (to Brahma)
- ma
- do not
- evam
- thus
- vibho
- O great person
- asuranam
- unto the demons
- te
- by you
- pradeyah
- bestow benedictions
- padma-sambhava
- O Lord Brahma, born from the lotus flower
- varah
- benediction
- krura-nisarganam
- persons who are by nature very cruel and jealous
- ahinam
- to snakes
- amrtam
- nectar or milk
- yatha
- just as.
The Personality of Godhead replied: My dear Lord Brahma, O great lord born from the lotus flower, just as it is dangerous to feed milk to a snake, so it is dangerous to give benedictions to demons, who are by nature ferocious and jealous. I warn you not to give such benedictions to any demon again.