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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 6 · Chapter 9: Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura
6.9.26-276.9.29-30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.9.28

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.9.28inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

इति तेषां महाराज सुराणामुपतिष्ठताम् ।

प्रतीच्यां दिश्यभूदावि: शङ्खचक्रगदाधर: ॥ २८ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

iti teṣāṁ mahārāja

surāṇām upatiṣṭhatām

pratīcyāṁ diśy abhūd āviḥ

śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharaḥ

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, when all the demigods offered Him their prayers, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari, carrying His weapons, the conchshell, disc and club, appeared first within their hearts and then before them.

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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.

Lord Hari Appears After Their Prayers

  1. 1

    The demigods offered prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Hari then appeared to them.

  2. 2

    He appeared first within their hearts and then before them. The translation describes both an inward and an outward appearance.

  3. 3

    Lord Hari appeared carrying His weapons: the conchshell, disc and club. His appearance was that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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 9: Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Vṛtrāsura appeared from that yajña, the demigods, in fear, sought shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and glorified Him. Because of affection for the demons, Viśvarūpa secretly supplied them the remnants of yajña.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.9
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. itithus
  3. teṣāmof them
  4. mahārājaO King
  5. surāṇāmof the demigods
  6. upatiṣṭhatāmpraying
  7. pratīcyāminside
  8. diśiin the direction
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 6.9

    In this verse: “king”

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

How attentively do I turn my heart toward the Lord when I pray?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute offering a prayer to Lord Hari, remembering His form with the conchshell, disc and club.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayLord Hari Appears After Their PrayersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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