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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

8.10.32-34 8.10.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.10.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

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

त एवमाजावसुरा: सुरेन्द्रा

द्वन्द्वेन संहत्य च युध्यमाना: ।

अन्योन्यमासाद्य निजघ्नुरोजसा

जिगीषवस्तीक्ष्णशरासितोमरै: ॥ ३५ ॥

ta evam ājāv asurāḥ surendrā

dvandvena saṁhatya ca yudhyamānāḥ

anyonyam āsādya nijaghnur ojasā

jigīṣavas tīkṣṇa-śarāsi-tomaraiḥ

Translation

All of these demigods and demons assembled on the battlefield with a fighting spirit and attacked one another with great strength. All of them desiring victory, they fought in pairs, hitting one another severely with sharpened arrows, swords and lances.

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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.

Both Sides Fight for Victory

1
The demigods and demons assembled with a fighting spirit. Both sides attacked with great strength.
2
They fought in pairs, each desiring victory.
3
Their sharpened arrows, swords and lances inflicted severe blows on one another.

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:

Indra, King of heaven, fought with Bali, and other demigods, like Vāyu, Agni and Varuṇa, fought against other leaders of the demons. In this fight the demons were defeated, and to save themselves from death they began to manifest many illusions through material maneuvers, killing many soldiers on the side of the demigods.

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

teall of them
evamin this way
ājauon the battlefield
asurāḥthe demons
sura-indrāḥand the demigods
dvandvenatwo by two
saṁhatyamixing together
caand

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 this description help me notice about the cost of both sides demanding victory?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and note both the desire for victory and the suffering described.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayBoth Sides Fight for VictoryThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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