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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 7 · Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

7.10.59 7.10.61

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.10.60

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.10.53inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

सिद्धामृतरसस्पृष्टा वज्रसारा महौजस: ।

उत्तस्थुर्मेघदलना वैद्युता इव वह्नय: ॥ ६० ॥

siddhāmṛta-rasa-spṛṣṭā

vajra-sārā mahaujasaḥ

uttasthur megha-dalanā

vaidyutā iva vahnayaḥ

Translation

When the dead bodies of the demons came in touch with the nectar, their bodies became invincible to thunderbolts. Endowed with great strength, they got up like lightning penetrating clouds.

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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.

Nectar Restores the Demons’ Strength

1
The dead bodies of the demons came in contact with the nectar.
2
Their bodies became invincible to thunderbolts, and they were endowed with great strength.
3
They got up like lightning penetrating clouds, a vivid description of their renewed power.

How it feels

Terror and divine fury → Protection and compassion. The crisis resolves through relationship rather than domination.

Chapters 8–10 of Canto 7: Nṛsiṁhadeva appears; Prahlāda pacifies Him. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Later, Nārada Muni described how the demon Maya Dānava constructed Tripura for the demons, who became very powerful and defeated the demigods. Because of this defeat, Lord Rudra, Śiva, dismantled Tripura; thus he became famous as Tripurāri.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 7.10

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

siddha-amṛta-rasa-spṛṣṭāḥthe demons, thus being touched by the powerful mystic nectarean liquid
vajra-sārāḥtheir bodies becoming invincible to thunderbolts
mahā-ojasaḥbeing extremely strong
uttasthuḥagain got up
megha-dalanāḥthat which goes through the clouds
vaidyutāḥlightning (which penetrates the clouds)
ivalike
vahnayaḥfiery

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

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 does the image of lightning convey about the demons’ renewed strength?

Practice

Read the translation once more and note its three changes: contact with nectar, strengthened bodies and rising again.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayNectar Restores the Demons’ StrengthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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