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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.4.29

శ్రీనారద ఉవాచ ఇత్యుక్తా లోకగురుణా తం ప్రణమ్య దివౌకస: । న్యవర్తన్త గతోద్వేగా మేనిరే చాసురం హతమ్ ॥ ౨౯ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
ity uktā loka-guruṇā
[ity uktaa loka-gurunaa]
taṁ praṇamya divaukasaḥ
[tam pranamya divaukasah]
nyavartanta gatodvegā
[nyavartanta gatodvegaa]
menire cāsuraṁ hatam
[menire chaasuram hatam]
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca — the great saint Nārada Muni said iti — thus uktāḥ — addressed loka-guruṇā — by the supreme spiritual master of everyone tam — unto Him praṇamya — offering obeisances diva-okasaḥ — all the demigods nyavartanta — returned gata-udvegāḥ — relieved of all anxieties menire — they considered ca — also asuram — the demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu) hatam — killed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
the great saint Nārada Muni said
ity uktā loka-guruṇā
iti
thus
uktāḥ
addressed
loka-guruṇā
by the supreme spiritual master of everyone
taṁ praṇamya divaukasaḥ
tam
unto Him
praṇamya
offering obeisances
diva-okasaḥ
all the demigods
nyavartanta gatodvegā
nyavartanta
returned
gata-udvegāḥ
relieved of all anxieties
menire cāsuraṁ hatam
menire
they considered
ca
also
asuram
the demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu)
hatam
killed.
The great saint Nārada Muni continued: When the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of everyone, thus reassured all the demigods living in the heavenly planets, they offered their respectful obeisances unto Him and returned, confident that the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu was now practically dead.

The less intelligent men who are always busy worshiping the demigods should note that when the demigods are harassed by the demons, they approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead for relief. Since the demigods resort to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, why should the worshipers of the demigods not approach the Supreme Lord for whatever benefits they desire? Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.3.10) says:

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena yajeta puruṣaṁ param

“Whether one desires everything or nothing, or whether he desires to merge into the existence of the Lord, he is intelligent only if he worships Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by rendering transcendental loving service.” Whether one is a karmī, jṣānī or yogī, if one wants a particular benediction fulfilled, even if it be material, one should approach the Supreme Lord and pray to Him, for then it will be fulfilled. There is no need to approach any demigod separately for the fulfillment of any desire.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: Addressed in this way by the guru of the worlds, the devatās, offering their respects, returned to their places. Relieved, they considered that the demon had already been killed.
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