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Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Verse 39 of 53
SB 3.20.39

विससर्ज तनुं तां वै ज्योत्स्नां कान्तिमतीं प्रियाम् त एव चाददुः प्रीत्या विश्वावसुपुरोगमाः

visasarja tanuṁ tāṁ vai jyotsnāṁ kāntimatīṁ priyām ta eva cādaduḥ prītyā viśvāvasu-purogamāḥ

Synonyms

visasarjagave up; tanumform; tāmthat; vaiin fact; jyotsnāmmoonlight; kāntimatīmshining; priyāmbeloved; tethe Gandharvas; evacertainly; caand; ādaduḥtook possession; prītyāgladly; viśvāvasu-puraḥ-gamāḥheaded by Viśvāvasu..

Translation

After that, Brahmā gave up that shining and beloved form of moonlight. Viśvāvasu and other Gandharvas gladly took possession of it.

Verse 39 of 53