Chapter 21
ब्रह्मादयो लोकनाथा: स्वनाथाय समादृता: । सानुगा बलिमाजह्रु: सङ्क्षिप्तात्मविभूतये ॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration
brahmādayo loka-nāthāḥ sva-nāthāya samādṛtāḥ sānugā balim ājahruḥ saṅkṣiptātma-vibhūtaye
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
brahma-ādayaḥ — great personalities, headed by Lord Brahmā; loka-nāthāḥ — the predominating deities of various planets; sva-nāthāya — unto their supreme master; samādṛtāḥ — with great respect; sa-anugāḥ — with their respective followers; balim — different paraphernalia of worship; ājahruḥ — collected; saṅkṣipta-ātma-vibhūtaye — unto the Lord, who had expanded His personal opulence but had now reduced His size to the Vāmana form.
Translation
“Lord Brahmā and all the predominating deities of the various planetary systems began to worship Lord Vāmanadeva, their supreme master, who had reduced Himself from His all-pervading form to His original form. They collected all the ingredients and paraphernalia for this worship.”