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Canto 10 · Chapter 8: Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth
10.8.1710.8.19

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.8.18

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Garga Munisince 10.8.12inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

य एतस्मिन् महाभागा: प्रीतिं कुर्वन्ति मानवा: ।

नारयोऽभिभवन्त्येतान् विष्णुपक्षानिवासुरा: ॥ १८ ॥

ya etasmin mahā-bhāgāḥ

prītiṁ kurvanti mānavāḥ

nārayo ’bhibhavanty etān

viṣṇu-pakṣān ivāsurāḥ

Translation

Demons [asuras] cannot harm the demigods, who always have Lord Viṣṇu on their side. Similarly, any person or group attached to Kṛṣṇa is extremely fortunate. Because such persons are very much affectionate toward Kṛṣṇa, they cannot be defeated by demons like the associates of Kaṁsa [or by the internal enemies, the senses].

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Affection for Kṛṣṇa Protects His Devotees

  1. 1

    The demigods always have Lord Viṣṇu on their side, and demons cannot harm them.

  2. 2

    Similarly, any person or group attached to Kṛṣṇa is extremely fortunate.

  3. 3

    Those who are very affectionate toward Kṛṣṇa cannot be defeated by demons like Kaṁsa’s associates. The translation also includes the internal enemies, the senses.

How it feels

Worry and play → Parental tenderness. The Supreme becomes the beloved child of His devotees.

Chapters 5–11 of Canto 10: Gokula, Yaśodā and the infant Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 8: Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Garga Muni, of course, reminded Nanda Mahārāja that Kaṁsa was looking for the son of Devakī and said that if he performed the ceremony very gorgeously, the ceremony would come to the notice of Kaṁsa, who would then suspect that Kṛṣṇa was the son of Devakī. Nanda Mahārāja therefore requested Garga Muni to perform this ceremony without anyone’s knowledge, and Garga Muni did so.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.8
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yethose persons who
  2. etasminunto this child
  3. mahā-bhāgāḥvery fortunate
  4. prītimaffection
  5. kurvantiexecute
  6. mānavāḥsuch persons
  7. nanot
  8. arayaḥthe enemies
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.8

    In this verse: “attached”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When my senses pull me away, how can I turn my affection toward Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

When a distracting desire arises today, pause for a moment and affectionately remember Kṛṣṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.8's connections

Live this todayAffection for Kṛṣṇa Protects His DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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