SB 9.3.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

आवर्तमाने गान्धर्वे स्थितो ऽलब्धक्षणः 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.

TRANSLATION

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.

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