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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 23: The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Planets
8.23.38.23.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.23.4

Sthāna· The universe in order
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.23.3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

एवमिन्द्राय भगवान् प्रत्यानीय त्रिविष्टपम् ।

पूरयित्वादिते: काममशासत् सकलं जगत् ॥ ४ ॥

evam indrāya bhagavān

pratyānīya triviṣṭapam

pūrayitvāditeḥ kāmam

aśāsat sakalaṁ jagat

Translation

Thus having delivered the proprietorship of the heavenly planets to Indra and having fulfilled the desire of Aditi, mother of the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead ruled the affairs of the universe.

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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.

The Supreme Lord Rules the Universe

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead restored proprietorship of the heavenly planets to Indra.

  2. 2

    He fulfilled the desire of Aditi, the mother of the demigods.

  3. 3

    Having done this, the Lord ruled the affairs of the universe.

How it feels

Public loss and humiliation → Total surrender. An apparent external defeat conceals a devotional triumph.

Chapters 19–23 of Canto 8: Vāmana tests Bali; Bali offers everything. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 23: The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Planets

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead satisfied the desire of Aditi and reinstalled Lord Indra. Prahlāda Mahārāja, being aware of Bali’s release from arrest, then described the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in this material world.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.23
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. evamin this way
  2. indrāyaunto King Indra
  3. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. pratyānīyagiving back
  5. tri-viṣṭapamhis supremacy in the heavenly planets
  6. pūrayitvāfulfilling
  7. aditeḥof Aditi
  8. kāmamthe desire
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 8.23

    In this verse: “mother”

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

How does remembering the Lord’s supreme authority shape my attitude toward Him?

Practice

Pause during prayer to acknowledge the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the ruler of the universe.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 8.23's connections

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord Rules the UniverseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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