Devanagari
मैत्रेय उवाच
स प्रहस्य महाबाहो भगवान् शब्दगोचर: ।
प्रत्याचष्टात्मभूर्देवान् प्रीणन् रुचिरया गिरा ॥ ११ ॥
Verse text
maitreya uvāca
sa prahasya mahā-bāho
bhagavān śabda-gocaraḥ
pratyācaṣṭātma-bhūr devān
prīṇan rucirayā girā
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca
—
Maitreya said
;
saḥ
—
he
;
prahasya
—
smiling
;
mahā
—
bāho — O mighty-armed (Vidura)
;
bhagavān
—
the possessor of all opulences
;
śabda
—
gocaraḥ — who is understood by transcendental sound vibration
;
pratyācaṣṭa
—
replied
;
ātma
—
bhūḥ — Lord Brahmā
;
devān
—
the demigods
;
prīṇan
—
satisfying
;
rucirayā
—
with sweet
;
girā
—
words .
Translation
Śrī Maitreya said: Thus Lord Brahmā, who is understood by transcendental vibration, tried to satisfy the demigods, being pleased with their words of prayer.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Maitreya said: O mighty armed Vidura! Powerful Brahmā, the object of the devatās’ praises, smiling, replied to the devatās, pleasing them with sweet words.
Oh! The ignorant praise me. I am useless to deliver them from this difficulty. He smiled,just as an elder smiles at small children. Śābda-gocara means that Brahmā was the object of the prayers of the devatās.
Purport
Brahmā could understand the misdeeds of Diti, and therefore he smiled at the whole situation. He replied to the demigods present there in words they could understand.