Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.20.30
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Lord’s Power Brings the Demons Lamentation
“O King, when all the demons, the followers of Mahārāja Bali, saw the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who held everything within His body, when they saw in the Lord’s hand His disc, known as the Sudarśana cakra, which generates intolerable heat, and when they heard the tumultuous sound of His bow, all of these caused lamentation within their hearts.”
What the purport teaches
- The demons following Mahārāja Bali saw the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everything was held within His body.
- They saw the Sudarśana cakra in the Lord’s hand. Its heat was intolerable.
- They also heard the tumultuous sound of the Lord’s bow. These sights and sounds caused lamentation within their hearts.
Try this today
Reread the verse and pause to acknowledge the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ask yourself
What does the followers’ reaction reveal about the overwhelming power of the Lord?
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.