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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.39
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
- visasarja tanuṁ tāṁ vai
- jyotsnāṁ kāntimatīṁ priyām
- ta eva cādaduḥ prītyā
- viśvāvasu-purogamāḥ
visasarjagave up — gave up; tanumform — form; tāmthat — that; vaiin fact — in fact; jyotsnāmmoonlight — moonlight; kāntishining-matīmshining — shining; priyāmbeloved — beloved; tethe Gandharvas — the Gandharvas; evacertainly — certainly; caand — and; ādaduḥtook possession — took possession; prītyāgladly — gladly; viśvāvasuheaded by Viśvāvasu-puraḥheaded by Viśvāvasu-gamāḥheaded by Viśvāvasu — headed by Viśvāvasu.
After that, Brahmā gave up that shining and beloved form of moonlight. Viśvāvasu and other Gandharvas gladly took possession of it.