कस्य हेतोः परित्यक्ता आचार्येणात्मनः सुराः ।
एतदाचक्ष्व भगवञ्छिष्याणामक्रमं गुरौ ॥१॥
Å›rÄ«-rÄjovÄca
kasya hetoḥ parityaktÄ
ÄcÄryeṇÄtmanaḥ surÄḥ
etad Äcaká¹£va bhagavañ
chiá¹£yÄṇÄm akramaá¹ gurau
Å›rÄ«-rÄjÄ uvÄca - the King inquired; kasya hetoḥ - for what reason; parityaktÄḥ - rejected; ÄcÄryeṇa - by the spiritual master, Bá¹›haspati; Ätmanaḥ - of himself; surÄḥ - all the demigods; etat - this; Äcaká¹£va - kindly describe; bhagavan - O great sage (Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«); Å›iá¹£yÄṇÄm - of the disciples; akramam - the offense; gurau - unto the spiritual master.
MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it inquired from Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«: O great sage, why did the spiritual master of the demigods, Bá¹›haspati, reject the demigods, who were his own disciples? What offense did the demigods commit against their spiritual master? Please describe to me this incident.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura comments:
saptame guruá¹‡Ä tyaktair
devair daitya-parÄjitaiḥ
viśvarūpo gurutvena
vṛto brahmopadeśataḥ
“This Seventh Chapter describes how Bá¹›haspati was offended by the demigods, how he left them and the demigods were defeated, and how the demigods, following the instructions of Lord BrahmÄ, accepted ViÅ›varÅ«pa as the priest to perform their sacrifice.â€
