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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 6: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce

8.6.22-23 8.6.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.6.24

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

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

यूयं तदनुमोदध्वं यदिच्छन्त्यसुरा: सुरा: ।

न संरम्भेण सिध्यन्ति सर्वार्था: सान्‍त्वया यथा ॥ २४ ॥

yūyaṁ tad anumodadhvaṁ

yad icchanty asurāḥ surāḥ

na saṁrambheṇa sidhyanti

sarvārthāḥ sāntvayā yathā

Translation

My dear demigods, with patience and peace everything can be done, but if one is agitated by anger, the goal is not achieved. Therefore, whatever the demons ask, agree to their proposal.

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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.

Choose Patience and Peace Over Anger

1
The Lord taught the demigods that everything can be done with patience and peace.
2
Agitation caused by anger prevents the goal from being achieved.
3
For this undertaking, He instructed the demigods to agree to whatever the demons proposed.

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 6: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Ajita, unconquerable, advised the demigods to make a peace proposal to the demons, so that after formulating a truce, the demigods and demons could churn the Ocean of Milk. The rope would be the biggest serpent, known as Vāsuki, and the churning rod would be Mandara Mountain.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.6