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Canto 8 · Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations · 24 chapters

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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 8 · Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons

8.10.2 8.10.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.10.3

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.10.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सपत्नानां परामृद्धिं द‍ृष्ट्वा ते दितिनन्दना: ।

अमृष्यमाणा उत्पेतुर्देवान्प्रत्युद्यतायुधा: ॥ ३ ॥

sapatnānāṁ parām ṛddhiṁ

dṛṣṭvā te diti-nandanāḥ

amṛṣyamāṇā utpetur

devān pratyudyatāyudhāḥ

Translation

Seeing the victory of the demigods, the demons became intolerant of their superior opulence. Thus they began to march toward the demigods with raised weapons.

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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.

Intolerance Turns Another's Success into Conflict

1
The demons saw the victory of the demigods.
2
They could not tolerate the demigods' superior opulence.
3
Their intolerance led them to march toward the demigods with raised weapons.

How it feels

Danger and ambition → Divine rescue and surprise. Cooperation, rivalry and revelation alternate rapidly.

Chapters 5–12 of Canto 8: Churning the ocean, poison and nectar. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When the demigods were almost defeated by demoniac maneuvers and became morose, Lord Viṣṇu appeared among them. Both the demigods and the demons are expert in activities involving the material energy, but the demigods are devotees of the Lord, whereas the demons are just the opposite.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.10