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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 14: The System of Universal Management
8.14.68.14.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.14.7

Sthāna· The universe in order
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.14.2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इन्द्रो भगवता दत्तां त्रैलोक्यश्रियमूर्जिताम् ।

भुञ्जान: पाति लोकांस्त्रीन् कामं लोके प्रवर्षति ॥ ७ ॥

indro bhagavatā dattāṁ

trailokya-śriyam ūrjitām

bhuñjānaḥ pāti lokāṁs trīn

kāmaṁ loke pravarṣati

Translation

Indra, King of heaven, receiving benedictions from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus enjoying highly developed opulences, maintains the living entities all over the three worlds by pouring sufficient rain on all the planets.

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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.

Indra Maintains Life Through the Lord’s Gifts

  1. 1

    Indra, King of heaven, receives benedictions from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Through these benedictions, he enjoys highly developed opulences.

  3. 3

    He maintains living entities throughout the three worlds by pouring sufficient rain on all the planets.

How it feels

Uncertainty → Cosmic order. The narrative resets the frame to cyclical cosmic governance.

Chapters 13–14 of Canto 8: Manus and universal management. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 14: The System of Universal Management

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Assisted by the demigods, they rule the three worlds. The Supreme Personality of Godhead also appears as incarnations in different yugas.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. indraḥthe King of heaven
  2. bhagavatāby the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  3. dattāmgiven
  4. trailokyaof the three worlds
  5. śriyam ūrjitāmthe great opulences
  6. bhuñjānaḥenjoying
  7. pātimaintains
  8. lokānall the planets
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Sthāna · Planetary systems

    How is the universe arranged, and what is our right place in it? · Subject 3 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 8.14

    In this verse: “king”

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

What does Indra’s role teach me about using received resources to maintain others?

Practice

When you use water today, pause to remember the rain that sustains life and the Supreme Lord’s benedictions.

Live this todayIndra Maintains Life Through the Lord’s GiftsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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