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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.8.35

Who is speaking and story frame

निशाम्य लोकत्रयमस्तकज्वरं

तमादिदैत्यं हरिणा हतं मृधे ।

प्रहर्षवेगोत्कलितानना मुहु:

प्रसूनवर्षैर्ववृषु: सुरस्त्रिय: ॥ ३५ ॥

niśāmya loka-traya-mastaka-jvaraṁ

tam ādi-daityaṁ hariṇā hataṁ mṛdhe

praharṣa-vegotkalitānanā muhuḥ

prasūna-varṣair vavṛṣuḥ sura-striyaḥ

Translation

Hiraṇyakaśipu had been exactly like a fever of meningitis in the head of the three worlds. Thus when the wives of the demigods in the heavenly planets saw that the great demon had been killed by the personal hands of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, their faces blossomed in great joy. The wives of the demigods again and again showered flowers from heaven upon Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva like rain.

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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.

Joy in the Supreme Lord’s Protection

  1. 1

    Hiraṇyakaśipu had afflicted the three worlds like a severe fever in the head.

  2. 2

    The wives of the demigods saw that the Supreme Personality of Godhead had personally killed the demon. Their faces blossomed with great joy.

  3. 3

    Again and again, they showered flowers upon Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva like rain.

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

Further reading

Chapter 8: Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva Slays the King of the Demons

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Lord performed His pastimes by fighting with the demon for some time, and in the evening, on the border between day and night, the Lord captured the demon, threw him on His lap, and killed him by piercing his abdomen with His nails. The Lord not only killed Hiraṇyakaśipu, the King of the demons, but also killed many of his followers.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.8
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. niśāmyahearing
  2. loka-trayaof the three worlds
  3. mastaka-jvaramthe headache
  4. tamhim
  5. ādithe original
  6. daityamdemon
  7. hariṇāby the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. hatamkilled
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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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I express gratitude for the Supreme Lord’s protection?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer of gratitude to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Live this todayJoy in the Supreme Lord’s ProtectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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