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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

8.10.5 8.10.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.10.6

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

तत्रान्योन्यं सपत्नास्ते संरब्धमनसो रणे ।

समासाद्यासिभिर्बाणैर्निजघ्नुर्विविधायुधै: ॥ ६ ॥

tatrānyonyaṁ sapatnās te

saṁrabdha-manaso raṇe

samāsādyāsibhir bāṇair

nijaghnur vividhāyudhaiḥ

Translation

Both parties in that fight were extremely angry at heart, and in enmity they beat one another with swords, arrows and varieties of other weapons.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Can End Perpetual Conflict

1
Both parties were extremely angry and struck one another with swords, arrows and other weapons.
2
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that conflict exists throughout the universe, including the higher planetary systems.
3
The fighting between demons and demigods is perpetual. It cannot stop unless intelligent persons on both sides take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Key points from the purport

There are always two kinds of men in this universe, not only on this planet but also in higher planetary systems.
All the kings dominating planets like the sun and moon also have enemies like Rāhu.
The fighting between the demons and demigods is perpetual; it cannot be stopped unless intelligent persons from both sides take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

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 summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.10