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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 8: The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield
6.8.266.8.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.8.27-28

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

यन्नो भयं ग्रहेभ्योऽभूत् केतुभ्यो नृभ्य एव च ।

सरीसृपेभ्यो दंष्ट्रिभ्यो भूतेभ्योंहोभ्य एव च ॥ २७ ॥

सर्वाण्येतानि भगवन्नामरूपानुकीर्तनात् ।

प्रयान्तु सङ्‌क्षयं सद्यो ये न: श्रेय:प्रतीपका: ॥ २८ ॥

yan no bhayaṁ grahebhyo ’bhūt

ketubhyo nṛbhya eva ca

sarīsṛpebhyo daṁṣṭribhyo

bhūtebhyo ’ṁhobhya eva ca

sarvāṇy etāni bhagavan-

nāma-rūpānukīrtanāt

prayāntu saṅkṣayaṁ sadyo

ye naḥ śreyaḥ-pratīpakāḥ

Translation

May the glorification of the transcendental name, form, qualities and paraphernalia of the Supreme Personality of Godhead protect us from the influence of bad planets, meteors, envious human beings, serpents, scorpions, and animals like tigers and wolves. May it protect us from ghosts and the material elements like earth, water, fire and air, and may it also protect us from lightning and our past sins. We are always afraid of these hindrances to our auspicious life. Therefore, may they all be completely destroyed by the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

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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.

Seek Protection Through Glorifying the Lord

  1. 1

    The prayer seeks protection by glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s transcendental name, form, qualities and paraphernalia.

  2. 2

    It names many sources of fear, including envious people, dangerous animals, material elements and past sins.

  3. 3

    The prayer asks that all hindrances to an auspicious life be completely destroyed by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

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 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 summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.8
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatwhich
  2. naḥour
  3. bhayamfear
  4. grahebhyaḥfrom the Graha demons
  5. abhūtwas
  6. ketubhyaḥfrom meteors, or falling stars
  7. nṛbhyaḥfrom envious human beings
  8. eva caalso
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 6.8

    In this verse: “chanting”, “glorification”, “glorifying”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 6.8

    In this verse: “afraid”, “fear”, “dangerous”

  • Rakṣā · Divine protection

    Protection of devotees through the Lord’s intervention. · Theme in SB 6.8

    In this verse: “protect”, “protection”

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

Which fear can I bring before the Lord as I chant His holy name?

Practice

Spend one minute chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra attentively.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySeek Protection Through Glorifying the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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