Having propitiated the divine Grandfather of the universe, the gods, stricken with grief, said to him, with joined hands-"O god, the eternal Vedas have been afflicted in the world of men by covetousness and error. For this, we have been assailed with fear.
प्रसाद्य भगवन्तं ते देवं लोकपितामहम्। ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे दुःखवेगसमाहताः॥ भगवन् नरलोकस्थं ग्रस्तं ब्रह्म सनातनम्। लोभमोहादिभिर्भावस्ततो नो भयमाविशत्॥