brahmā - Lord Brahmā; uvāca - said; atha - now; tasya - of the Supreme Lord; uśatīm - lovely; devīm - shining; ṛṣi-kulyām - like a series of Vedic hymns; sarasvatīm - speech; na - not; āsvādya - hearing; manyu - anger; daṣṭānām - bitten; teṣām - of those sages; ātmā - the mind; api - even though; atṛpyata - satiated.

Brahmā continued: Even though the sages had been bitten by the serpent of anger, their souls were not satiated with hearing the Lord’s lovely and illuminating speech, which was like a series of Vedic hymns.