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Verse 173

उपेन्द्रो दानवारातिरुरुगीतो महाद्युतिः ।ब्रह्मण्यदेवः श्रुतिमान् गोब्राह्मणहिताशयः॥

upēndrō dānavārātirurugītō mahādyutiḥ ·brahmaṇyadēvaḥ śrutimān gōbrāhmaṇahitāśayaḥ

The Names in This Verse (7)

836 upendraḥ

Upendra — younger to Indra yet supreme

837 dānavārātiḥ

eternal foe of the demons

838 urugītaḥ

widely sung in long hymns

839 mahādyutiḥ

of vast radiance

840 brahmaṇyadevaḥ

the god who honours brāhmaṇas

S.B.G 10.2.29

The gods in the Milk Ocean hymn call Kṛṣṇa 'god of the brāhmaṇas'; the Bhāgavata (S.B.G 10.64) shows him washing the feet of brāhmaṇas as a deliberate teaching of brahmiṇical honour.

841 śrutimān

the Veda-knowing

842 gobrāhmaṇahitāśayaḥ

whose heart is set on the welfare of cows and brāhmaṇas