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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 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
8.10.38.10.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.10.4

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.10.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तत: सुरगणा: सर्वे सुधया पीतयैधिता: ।

प्रतिसंयुयुधु: शस्त्रैर्नारायणपदाश्रया: ॥ ४ ॥

tataḥ sura-gaṇāḥ sarve

sudhayā pītayaidhitāḥ

pratisaṁyuyudhuḥ śastrair

nārāyaṇa-padāśrayāḥ

Translation

Thereafter, being enlivened because of drinking the nectar, the demigods, who are always at the shelter of the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa, used their various weapons to counterattack the demons in a fighting spirit.

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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.

Acting Under the Shelter of Nārāyaṇa

  1. 1

    Drinking the nectar enlivened the demigods.

  2. 2

    The demigods are always sheltered at the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa.

  3. 3

    They counterattacked the demons with various weapons and a fighting spirit.

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

Further reading

Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because of envy, the fight between the demons and the demigods continued. When the demigods were almost defeated by demoniac maneuvers and became morose, Lord Viṣṇu appeared among them.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tataḥthereafter
  2. sura-gaṇāḥthe demigods
  3. sarveall of them
  4. sudhayāby the nectar
  5. pītayāwhich had been drunk
  6. edhitāḥbeing enlivened by such drinking
  7. pratisaṁyuyudhuḥthey counterattacked the demons
  8. śastraiḥby regular weapons
  9. nārāyaṇa-pada-āśrayāḥtheir real weapon being shelter at the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa
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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

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 8.10

    In this verse: “shelter”, “sheltered”

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

Do I remember the shelter of Nārāyaṇa when I must act in a difficult situation?

Practice

Before facing one difficulty today, pause to remember the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayActing Under the Shelter of NārāyaṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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