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[Devatas urge Visnu to incarnate in human form to destroy Ravana--A celestial being from Prajapatya emerges from the sacrificial fire--gives a vessel containing payasam--his wives partake the payasam and become pregnant.]

tatō nārāyaṇō dēvō niyuktassurasattamai:.

jānannapi surānēvaṅ ślakṣṇaṅ vacanamabravīt৷৷1.16.1৷৷

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tata: then, surasattamai: by best of devatas, niyukta: having been employed, nārāyaṇa:dēva: lord Narayana, jānannapi although cognizant of, surān addressing devatas, ēvam in this manner, ślakṣṇam softly, vacanam words, abravīt spoke.

Although Omniscient lord Narayana knew the means to be employed, when he was requested by the best of devatas he spoke to them softly: