Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.10.16
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesUnderstand the Battle’s Time and Place
“Thereafter, at the end of Satya-yuga and the beginning of Tretā-yuga, a fierce battle took place between the demigods and the demons on the bank of the Narmadā.”
What the purport teaches
- The fierce battle took place on the bank of the Narmadā at the end of Satya-yuga and the beginning of Tretā-yuga.
- The purport explains that this Narmadā is in the higher planetary systems, not the river in India. The sacred rivers also flow in celestial regions.
- The battle occurred in the first millennium of Vaivasvata Manu’s manvantara. The purport places the present in the twenty-eighth millennium and calculates about 120,400,000 years since the battle.
Try this today
Write one sentence recording that the battle took place in the higher planets during Vaivasvata Manu’s first millennium.
Ask yourself
How does the purport change my understanding of where and when this battle occurred?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.