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Canto 6 · Prescribed Duties for Mankind · 19 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

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

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Canto 6 · Chapter 8: The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield

6.8.22 6.8.24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.8.23

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Viśvarūpasince 6.8.4-6inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

चक्रं युगान्तानलतिग्मनेमि

भ्रमत् समन्ताद् भगवत्प्रयुक्तम् ।

दन्दग्धि दन्दग्ध्यरिसैन्यमाशु

कक्षं यथा वातसखो हुताश: ॥ २३ ॥

cakraṁ yugāntānala-tigma-nemi

bhramat samantād bhagavat-prayuktam

dandagdhi dandagdhy ari-sainyam āśu

kakṣaṁ yathā vāta-sakho hutāśaḥ

Translation

Set into motion by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and wandering in all the four directions, the disc of the Supreme Lord has sharp edges as destructive as the fire of devastation at the end of the millennium. As a blazing fire burns dry grass to ashes with the assistance of the breeze, may that Sudarśana cakra burn our enemies to ashes.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sudarśana Acts Under the Supreme Lord

1
The Sudarśana cakra is set into motion by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and travels in all four directions.
2
Its sharp edges are compared to the destructive fire at the end of the millennium.
3
The prayer asks Sudarśana to burn the enemies to ashes, as a blazing fire assisted by the breeze burns dry grass.

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

Chapter 8: The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One should think of Madhusūdana, Tridhāmā, Mādhava, Hṛṣīkeśa, Padmanābha, Janārdana, Dāmodara and Viśveśvara, as well as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa Himself. After offering prayers to the Lord’s personal expansions known as the svāṁśa and śaktyāveśa-avatāras, one should pray to the weapons of Lord Nārāyaṇa, such as the Sudarśana, gadā, śaṅkha, khaḍga and bow.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.8