श्रीशुक उवाच एवं विरिञ्चादिभिरीडितस्तद् विज्ञाय तेषां हृदयं यथैव । जगाद जीमूतगभीरया गिरा बद्धाञ्जलीन्संवृतसर्वकारकान् ॥ १६ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam virincadibhir iditas tad vijnaya tesam hrdayam yathaiva jagada jimuta-gabhiraya gira baddhanjalin samvrta-sarva-karakan
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- virinca-adibhih
- by all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma
- iditah
- being worshiped
- tat vijnaya
- understanding the expectation
- tesam
- of all of them
- hrdayam
- the core of the heart
- yatha
- as
- eva
- indeed
- jagada
- replied
- jimuta-gabhiraya
- like the sound of clouds
- gira
- by words
- baddha-anjalin
- unto the demigods, who stood with folded hands
- samvrta
- restrained
- sarva
- all
- karakan
- senses
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When the Lord was thus offered prayers by the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, He understood the purpose for which they had approached Him. Therefore, in a deep voice that resembled the rumbling of clouds, the Lord replied to the demigods, who all stood there attentively with folded hands.