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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

6.8.40 6.8.42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.8.41

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.8.41inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

य इदं श‍ृणुयात्काले यो धारयति चाद‍ृत: ।

तं नमस्यन्ति भूतानि मुच्यते सर्वतो भयात् ॥ ४१ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

ya idaṁ śṛṇuyāt kāle

yo dhārayati cādṛtaḥ

taṁ namasyanti bhūtāni

mucyate sarvato bhayāt

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear Mahārāja Parīkṣit, one who employs this armor or hears about it with faith and veneration when afraid because of any conditions in the material world is immediately freed from all dangers and is worshiped by all living entities.

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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.

Hear the Armor With Faith and Veneration

1
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the benefit of employing this armor or hearing about it.
2
He emphasizes faith and veneration when one is afraid because of conditions in the material world.
3
He states that such a person is immediately freed from all dangers and is worshiped by all living entities.

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:

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. After explaining this process, Śukadeva Gosvāmī told Mahārāja Parīkṣit how Viśvarūpa, the brother of Vṛtrāsura, described the glories of the Nārāyaṇa-kavaca to Indra.

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
yaḥanyone who
idamthis
śṛṇuyātmay hear
kāleat a time of fear
yaḥanyone who
dhārayatiemploys this prayer
caalso

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
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 6.8
In this verse: “afraid”, “dangers”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 6.8
In this verse: “material”
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 6.8
In this verse: “worshiped”

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

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would it mean for you to hear about this armor with faith and veneration?

Practice

Read this translation aloud once today, giving it your full and respectful attention.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHear the Armor With Faith and VenerationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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