SB 10.89.3 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

न तस्मै प्रह्वणं स्तोत्रं चक्रे सत्त्वपरीक्षया । तस्मै चुक्रोध भगवान् प्रज्वलन् स्वेन तेजसा ॥ ३ ॥

Verse text

na tasmai prahvaṇaṁ stotraṁ cakre sattva-parīkṣayā tasmai cukrodha bhagavān prajvalan svena tejasā

Synonyms

na — not ; tasmai — to him (Brahmā) ; prahvaṇam — bowing down ; stotram — recitation of prayers ; cakre — made ; sattva — his situation in the mode of goodness ; parīkṣayā — with the aim of testing ; tasmai — at him ; cukrodha — became angry ; bhagavān — the lord ; prajvalan — becoming inflamed ; svena — with his own ; tejasā — passion .

Translation

To test how well Lord Brahmā was situated in the mode of goodness, Bhṛgu failed to bow down to him or glorify him with prayers. The lord became angry at him, inflamed into fury by his own passion.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

To test how well Lord Brahmā was situated in the mode of goodness, Bhṛgu failed to bow down to him or glorify him with prayers. The lord became angry at him, inflamed into fury by his own passion. KB 10.89.3 Therefore, when Bhṛgu Muni reached his father, Lord Brahmā, because Bhṛgu wanted to test whether Brahmā had the quality of goodness, he purposely did not offer his respects to his father, either by offering obeisances or by offering prayers. It is the duty of a son or a disciple to offer respects and recite suitable prayers when he approaches his father or spiritual master. But Bhṛgu Muni purposely failed to offer respects, just to see Lord Brahmā’s reaction to this negligence. Lord Brahmā was very angry at his son’s impudence, and he showed signs which definitely proved this to be so.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

He did not offer respects (prahvanam), in order to test Brahma’s quality of sattva guna, or his greatness (sattva pariksartham).

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Since Bhṛgu did not offer respects or glorify Brahmā in order to test his excellence, Brahmā, worshipped by all because he created the universe (bhagavān), became angry at him, blazing prominently with his extraordinary power, so that he could not speak.