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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

8.10.50 8.10.52

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.10.51

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

तत: समुद्र उद्वेल: सर्वत: प्रत्यद‍ृश्यत ।

प्रचण्डवातैरुद्धूततरङ्गावर्तभीषण: ॥ ५१ ॥

tataḥ samudra udvelaḥ

sarvataḥ pratyadṛśyata

pracaṇḍa-vātair uddhūta-

taraṅgāvarta-bhīṣaṇaḥ

Translation

Thereafter, whirlpools and sea waves, agitated by fierce blasts of wind, appeared everywhere, before everyone’s vision, in a furious flood.

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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.

A Furious Flood Appears Everywhere

1
Whirlpools and sea waves appeared in a furious flood.
2
Fierce blasts of wind agitated the waters.
3
The flood appeared everywhere before everyone’s vision.

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:

The demigods, finding no other recourse, surrendered again to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who then appeared and counteracted all the illusions presented by the jugglery of the demons. Heroes among the demons such as Kālanemi, Mālī, Sumālī and Mālyavān fought the Supreme Personality of Godhead and were all killed by the Lord.

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