ब्रह्मादयो लोकनाथा: स्वनाथाय समादृता: । सानुगा बलिमाजह्रु: सङ्क्षिप्तात्मविभूतये ॥ ५ ॥
brahmadayo loka-nathah sva-nathaya samadrtah sanuga balim ajahruh sanksiptatma-vibhutaye
- brahma-adayah
- great personalities, headed by Lord Brahma
- loka-nathah
- the predominating deities of various planets
- sva-nathaya
- unto their supreme master
- samadrtah
- with great respect
- sa-anugah
- with their respective followers
- balim
- different paraphernalia of worship
- ajahruh
- collected
- sanksipta-atma-vibhutaye
- unto the Lord, who had expanded His personal opulence but had now reduced His size to the Vamana form
Lord Brahma and all the predominating deities of the various planeary systems began to worship Lord Vamanadeva, their supreme master, who had reduced Himself from His all-pervading form to His original form. They collected all the ingredients and paraphernalia for this worship.