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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.5.19-20

స విలోక్యేన్ద్రవాయ్వాదీన్ ని:సత్త్వాన్విగతప్రభాన్ । లోకానమఙ్గలప్రాయానసురానయథా విభు: ॥ ౧౯ ॥ సమాహితేన మనసా సంస్మరన్పురుషం పరమ్ । ఉవాచోత్ఫుల్ల‍వదనో దేవాన్స భగవాన్పర: ॥ ౨౦ ॥
sa vilokyendra-vāyv-ādīn
[sa vilokyendra-vaayv-aadeen]
niḥsattvān vigata-prabhān
[nihsattvaan vigata-prabhaan]
lokān amaṅgala-prāyān
[lokaan amangala-praayaan]
asurān ayathā vibhuḥ
[asuraan ayathaa vibhuh]
samāhitena manasā
[samaahitena manasaa]
saṁsmaran puruṣaṁ param
[samsmaran purusham param]
uvācotphulla-vadano
[uvaachotphulla-vadano]
devān sa bhagavān paraḥ
[devaan sa bhagavaan parah]
saḥ — Lord Brahmā vilokya — looking over indra-vāyu-ādīn — all the demigods, headed by Lord Indra and Vāyu niḥsattvān — bereft of all spiritual potency vigata-prabhān — bereft of all effulgence lokān — all the three worlds amaṅgala-prāyān — merged into misfortune asurān — all the demons ayathāḥ — flourishing vibhuḥ — Lord Brahmā, the supreme within this material world samāhitena — by full adjustment manasā — of the mind saṁsmaran — remembering again and again puruṣam — the Supreme Person param — transcendental uvāca — said utphulla-vadanaḥ — bright-faced devān — unto the demigods saḥ — he bhagavān — the most powerful paraḥ — of the demigods.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa vilokyendra-vāyv-ādīn
saḥ
Lord Brahmā
vilokya
looking over
indra-vāyu-ādīn
all the demigods, headed by Lord Indra and Vāyu
niḥsattvān vigata-prabhān
niḥsattvān
bereft of all spiritual potency
vigata-prabhān
bereft of all effulgence
lokān amaṅgala-prāyān
lokān
all the three worlds
amaṅgala-prāyān
merged into misfortune
asurān ayathā vibhuḥ
asurān
all the demons
ayathāḥ
flourishing
vibhuḥ
Lord Brahmā, the supreme within this material world
samāhitena manasā
samāhitena
by full adjustment
manasā
of the mind
saṁsmaran puruṣaṁ param
saṁsmaran
remembering again and again
puruṣam
the Supreme Person
param
transcendental
uvācotphulla-vadano
uvāca
said
utphulla-vadanaḥ
bright-faced
devān sa bhagavān paraḥ
devān
unto the demigods
saḥ
he
bhagavān
the most powerful
paraḥ
of the demigods.
Upon seeing that the demigods were bereft of all influence and strength and that the three worlds were consequently devoid of auspiciousness, and upon seeing that the demigods were in an awkward position whereas all the demons were flourishing, Lord Brahmā, who is above all the demigods and who is most powerful, concentrated his mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus being encouraged, he became bright-faced and spoke to the demigods as follows.

After hearing from the demigods the real situation, Lord Brahmā was very much concerned because the demons were unnecessarily so powerful. When demons become powerful, the entire world is placed in an awkward position because demons are simply interested in their own sense gratification and not in the welfare of the world. Demigods or devotees, however, are concerned with the welfare of all living beings. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, for example, left his ministership and went to Vṛndāvana for the benefit of the entire world ( lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau ). This is the nature of a saintly person or demigod. Even impersonalists think of the welfare of all people. Thus Brahmā was very much concerned at seeing the demons in power.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Upon seeing that the devatās were bereft of all influence and strength, that the three worlds were devoid of auspiciousness, and that the demons were flourishing, powerful Brahmā, who is superior to the devatās, concentrated his mind on the Supreme Lord and then spoke with a joyful countenance. Brahmā (saḥ) saw that the demons were opposite of what they should be (ayathā): they had more power.
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