आवर्तमाने गान्धर्वे स्थितोऽलब्धक्षण: क्षणम् । तदन्त आद्यमानम्य स्वाभिप्रायं न्यवेदयत् ॥ ३० ॥
avartamane gandharve sthito ’labdha-ksanah ksanam tad-anta adyam anamya svabhiprayam nyavedayat
- avartamane
- because of being engaged
- gandharve
- in hearing songs from the Gandharvas
- sthitah
- situated
- alabdha-ksanah
- there was no time to talk
- ksanam
- even a moment
- tat-ante
- when it ended
- adyam
- unto the original teacher of the universe (Lord Brahma)
- anamya
- after offering obeisances
- sva-abhiprayam
- his own desire
- nyavedayat
- Kakudmi submitted.
When Kakudmi arrived there, Lord Brahma was engaged in hearing musical performances by the Gandharvas and had not a moment to talk with him. Therefore Kakudmi waited, and at the end of the musical performances he offered his obeisances to Lord Brahma and thus submitted his long-standing desire.