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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 6 · Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura
6.10.246.10.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.10.25

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.10.11inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

न ते शस्त्रास्त्रवर्षौघा ह्यासेदु: सुरसैनिकान् ।

छिन्ना: सिद्धपथे देवैर्लघुहस्तै: सहस्रधा ॥ २५ ॥

na te śastrāstra-varṣaughā

hy āseduḥ sura-sainikān

chinnāḥ siddha-pathe devair

laghu-hastaiḥ sahasradhā

Translation

The showers of various weapons and arrows released to kill the soldiers of the demigods did not reach them because the demigods, acting quickly, cut the weapons into thousands of pieces in the sky.

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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.

The Demigods Swiftly Intercept the Weapons

  1. 1

    Showers of weapons and arrows were released to kill the demigod soldiers.

  2. 2

    The demigods acted quickly and cut those weapons into thousands of pieces in the sky.

  3. 3

    Because the weapons were intercepted, they did not reach the soldiers.

How it feels

Offense and dread → Moral reckoning. Heroic power does not guarantee inner freedom.

Chapters 7–10 of Canto 6: Indra, Bṛhaspati and the emergence of Vṛtrāsura. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Unable to tolerate the effulgence of the demigods, the asuras fled the battle, leaving Vṛtrāsura, their commander in chief, to fight for himself. Vṛtrāsura, however, seeing the demons fleeing, instructed them in the importance of fighting and dying in the battlefield.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nanot
  2. tethose
  3. śastra-astra-varṣa-oghāḥshowers of arrows and other weapons
  4. hiindeed
  5. āseduḥreached
  6. sura-sainikānthe armies of the demigods
  7. chinnāḥcut
  8. siddha-pathein the sky
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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

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

What does this verse show me about the difference between an attack’s intention and its actual result?

Practice

Write a brief summary of the attack, the demigods’ response and the outcome, keeping each distinct.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Demigods Swiftly Intercept the WeaponsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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