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  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 6: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
8.6.188.6.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.6.19

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 8.6.18inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यात दानवदैतेयैस्तावत् सन्धिर्विधीयताम् ।

कालेनानुगृहीतैस्तैर्यावद् वो भव आत्मन: ॥ १९ ॥

yāta dānava-daiteyais

tāvat sandhir vidhīyatām

kālenānugṛhītais tair

yāvad vo bhava ātmanaḥ

Translation

As long as you are not flourishing, you should make a truce with the demons and asuras, who are now being favored by time.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Accept a Truce When Time Is Unfavorable

  1. 1

    The demons and asuras were favored while the demigods were not flourishing. The Supreme Lord therefore advised a temporary truce.

  2. 2

    The purport explains two readings: kālena means “favored by time,” and kāvyena means “favored by Śukrācārya.” Śukrācārya was the spiritual master of the Daityas.

  3. 3

    The demons and Daityas were favored in both ways. The demigods were to maintain the truce until time favored them.

Key points from the purport
  • One word in this verse has two readings — kālena and kāvyena.
  • Kālena means “favored by time,” and kāvyena means “favored by Śukrācārya,” Śukrācārya being the spiritual master of the Daityas.
  • The demons and Daityas were favored in both ways, and therefore the demigods were advised by the Supreme Lord to execute a truce for the time being, until time favored them.

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

Further reading

Chapter 6: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Innumerable universes exist within His form, and therefore He is never separated from these universes by time, space or circumstances. He is the chief and the pradhāna.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yātajust execute
  2. dānavawith the demons
  3. daiteyaiḥand the asuras
  4. tāvatso long
  5. sandhiḥa truce
  6. vidhīyatāmexecute
  7. kālenaby a favorable time (or kāvyena — by Śukrācārya)
  8. anugṛhītaiḥreceiving benedictions
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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

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 8.6

    In this verse: “favored”

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

When circumstances are unfavorable, can I patiently accept a temporary truce?

Practice

In one minor disagreement today, suggest a pause rather than pressing for an immediate victory.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAccept a Truce When Time Is UnfavorableThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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