brahma-rudrādayas te tu

dṛṣṭvā yoga-gatiḿ hareḥ

vismitās tāḿ praśaḿsantaḥ

svaḿ svaḿ lokaḿ yayus tadā

brahma-rudra-adayah -- Brahma, Rudra and others; te -- they; tu -- but; drishtva -- seeing; yoga-gatim -- the mystic power; hareh -- of Lord Krishna; vismitah -- astonished; tam -- that power; prasamsantah -- glorifying; svam svam -- each to his own; lokam -- world; yayuh -- went; tada -- then.


Texto

A few of the demigods, however -- notably Lord Brahma and Lord Siva -- could ascertain how the Lord's mystic power was working, and thus they became astonished. All the demigods praised the Lord's mystic power and then returned to their own planets.

Significado

Although the demigods are virtually omniscient within this universe, they could not understand the movements of Lord Krishna's mystic potency. Thus they were astonished.