> Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 8
> Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> Canto 8: 'Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations'

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> Chapter Six: The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce

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> TEXT 1

> srî-suka uvâca

> evam stutah sura-ganair

> bhagavân harir îsvarah

> tesâm âvirabhûd râjan

> sahasrârkodaya-dyutih

> srî-sukah uvâca--Srî Sukadeva Gosvâmî said; evam--in this way; stutah--being worshiped by prayers; sura-ganaih--by the demigods; bhagavân--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; harih--the vanquisher of all inauspiciousness; îsvarah--the supreme controller; tesâm--in front of Lord Brahmâ and all the demigods; âvirabhût--appeared there; râjan--O King (Parîksit); sahasra--of thousands; arka--of suns; udaya--like the rising; dyutih--His effulgence.

> TRANSLATION

> Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King Pariksit, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, being thus worshiped with prayers by the demigods and Lord Brahma, appeared before them. His bodily effulgence resembled the simultaneous rising of thousands of suns.

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> TEXT 2

> tenaiva sahasâ sarve

> devâh pratihateksanâh

> nâpasyan kham disah ksaunîm

> âtmânam ca kuto vibhum

> tena eva--because of this; sahasâ--all of a sudden; sarve--all; devâh--the demigods; pratihata-îksanâh--their vision being blocked; na--not; apasyan--could see; kham--the sky; disah--the directions; ksaunîm--land; âtmânam ca--also themselves; kutah--and where is the question of seeing; vibhum--the Supreme Lord.

> TRANSLATION

> The vision of all the demigods was blocked by the Lord's effulgence. Thus they could see neither the sky, the directions, the land, nor even themselves, what to speak of seeing the Lord, who was present before them.

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> TEXTS 3-7

> virinco bhagavân drstvâ

> saha sarvena tâm tanum

> svacchâm marakata-syâmâm

> kanja-garbhâruneksanâm

> tapta-hemâvadâtena

> lasat-kauseya-vâsasâ

> prasanna-câru-sarvângîm

> sumukhîm sundara-bhruvam

> mahâ-mani-kirîtena

> keyûrâbhyâm ca bhûsitâm

> karnâbharana-nirbhâta-

> kapola-srî-mukhâmbujâm

> kâncîkalâpa-valaya-

> hâra-nûpura-sobhitâm

> kaustubhâbharanâm laksmîm

> bibhratîm vana-mâlinîm

> sudarsanâdibhih svâstrair

> mûrtimadbhir upâsitâm

> tustâva deva-pravarah

> sasarvah purusam param

> sarvâmara-ganaih sâkam

> sarvângair avanim gataih

> virincah--Lord Brahmâ; bhagavân--who is also addressed as bhagavân because of his powerful position; drstvâ--by seeing; saha--with; sarvena--Lord Siva; tâm--unto the Supreme Lord; tanum--His transcendental form; svacchâm--without material contamination; marakata-syâmâm--with a bodily luster like the light of a blue gem; kanja-garbha-aruna-îksanâm--with pinkish eyes like the womb of a lotus flower; tapta-hema-avadâtena--with a luster like that of molten gold; lasat--shining; kauseya-vâsasâ--dressed in yellow silk garments; prasanna-câru-sarva-angîm--all the parts of whose body were graceful and very beautiful; su-mukhîm--with a smiling face; sundara-bhruvam--whose eyebrows were very beautifully situated; mahâ-mani-kirîtena--with a helmet bedecked with valuable jewels; keyûrâbhyâm ca bhûsitâm--decorated with all kinds of ornaments; karna-âbharana-nirbhâta--illuminated by the rays of the jewels on His ears; kapola--with cheeks; srî-mukha-ambujâm--whose beautiful lotuslike face; kâncî-kalâpa-valaya--ornaments like the belt on the waist and bangles on the hands; hâra-nûpura--with a necklace on the chest and ankle bells on the legs; sobhitâm--all beautifully set; kaustubha-âbharanâm--whose chest was decorated with the Kaustubha gem; laksmîm--the goddess of fortune; bibhratîm--moving; vana-mâlinîm--with flower garlands; sudarsana-âdibhih--bearing the Sudarsana cakra and others; sva-astraih--with His weapons; mûrtimadbhih--in His original form; upâsitâm--being worshiped; tustâva--satisfied; deva-pravarah--the chief of the demigods; sa-sarvah--with Lord Siva; purusam param--the Supreme Personality; sarva-amara-ganaih--accompanied by all the demigods; sâkam--with; sarva-angaih--with all the parts of the body; avanim--on the ground; gataih--prostrated.

> TRANSLATION

> Lord Brahma, along with Lord Siva, saw the crystal-clear personal beauty of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose blackish body resembles a marakata gem, whose eyes are reddish like the depths of a lotus, who is dressed with garments that are yellow like molten gold, and whose entire body is attractively decorated. They saw His beautiful, smiling, lotuslike face, crowned by a helmet bedecked with valuable jewels. The Lord has attractive eyebrows, and His cheeks are adorned with earrings. Lord Brahma and Lord Siva saw the belt on the Lord's waist, the bangles on Mis arms, the necklace on His chest, and the ankle bells on His legs. The Lord is bedecked with flower garlands, His neck is decorated with the Kaustubha gem, and He carries with Him the goddess of fortune and His personal weapons, like His disc and club. When Lord Brahma, along with Lord Siva and the other demigods, thus saw the form of the Lord, they all immediately fell to the ground, offering their obeisances.

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> TEXT 8

> srî-brahmovâca

> ajâta-janma-sthiti-samyamâyâ-

> gunâya nirvâna-sukhârnavâya

> anor animne 'pariganya-dhâmne

> mahânubhâvâya namo namas te

> srî-brahmâ uvâca--Lord Brahmâ said; ajâta-janma-sthiti-samyamâya--unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never born but whose appearance in different incarnations never ceases; agunâya--never affected by the material modes of nature (sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna); nirvâna-sukha-arnavâya--unto the ocean of eternal bliss, beyond material existence; anoh animne--smaller than the atom; apariganya-dhâmne--whose bodily features are never to be conceived by material speculation; mahâ-anubhâvâya--whose existence is inconceivable; namah--offering our obeisances; namah--again offering our obeisances; te--unto You.

> TRANSLATION

> Lord Brahma said: Although You are never born, Your appearance and disappearance as an incarnation never cease. You are always free from the material qualities, and You are the shelter of transcendental bliss resembling an ocean. Eternally existing in Your transcendental form, You are the supreme subtle of the most extremely subtle. We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You, the Supreme, whose existence is inconceivable.

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> TEXT 9

> rûpam tavaitat purusarsabhejyam

> sreyo 'rthibhir vaidika-tântrikena

> yogena dhâtah saha nas tri-lokân

> pasyâmy amusminn u ha visva-mûrtau

> rûpam--form; tava--Your; etat--this; purusa-rsabha--O best of all personalities; ijyam--worshipable; sreyah--ultimate auspiciousness; arthibhih--by persons who desire; vaidika--under the direction of Vedic instructions; tântrikena--realized by followers of Tantras, like Nârada-pancarâtra; yogena--by practice of mystic yoga; dhâtah--O supreme director; saha--with; nah--us (the demigods); tri-lokân--controlling the three worlds; pasyâmi--we see directly; amusmin--in You; u--oh; ha--completely manifested; visva-mûrtau--in You, who have the universal form.

> TRANSLATION

> O best of persons, O supreme director, those who actually aspire for supreme good fortune worship this form of Your Lordship according to the Vedic Tantras. My Lord, we can see all the three worlds in You.

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> TEXT 10

> tvayy agra âsît tvayi madhya âsît

> tvayy anta âsîd idam âtma-tantre

> tvam âdir anto jagato 'sya madhyam

> ghatasya mrtsneva parah parasmât

> tvayi--unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; agre--in the beginning; âsît--there was; tvayi--unto You; madhye--in the middle; âsît--there was; tvayi--unto You; ante--in the end; âsît--there was; idam--all of this cosmic manifestation; âtma-tantre--fully under Your control; tvam--Your Lordship; adih--beginning; antah--end; jagatah--of the cosmic manifestation; asya--of this; madhyam--middle; ghatasya--of an earthen pot; mrtsnâ iva--like the earth; parah--transcendental; parasmât--because of being the chief.

> TRANSLATION

> My dear Lord, who are always fully independent, this entire cosmic manifestation arises from You, rests upon You and ends in You. Your Lordship is the beginning, sustenance and end of everything, like the earth, which is the cause of an earthen pot, which supports the pot, and to which the pot, when broken, finally returns.

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> TEXT 11

> tvam mâyayâtmâsrayayâ svayedam

> nirmâya visvam tad-anupravistah

> pasyanti yuktâ manasâ manîsino

> guna-vyavâye 'py agunam vipascitah

> tvam--Your Lordship; mâyayâ--by Your eternal energy; âtma-âsrayayâ--whose existence is under Your shelter; svayâ--emanated from Yourself; idam--this; nirmâya--for the sake of creating; visvam--the entire universe; tat--into it; anupravistah--You enter; pasyanti--they see; yuktâh--persons in touch with You; manasâ--by an elevated mind; manîsinah--people with advanced consciousness; guna--of material qualities; vyavâye--in the transformation; api--although; agunam--still untouched by the material qualities; vipascitah--those who are fully aware of the truth of sâstra.

> TRANSLATION

> O Supreme, You are independent in Your self and do not take help from others. Through Your own potency, You create this cosmic manifestation and enter into it. Those who are advanced in Krsna consciousness, who are fully in knowledge of the authoritative sastra, and who, through the practice of bhakti-yoga, are cleansed of all material contamination, can see with clear minds that although You exist within the transformations of the material qualities, Your presence is untouched by these qualities.

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> TEXT 12

> yathâgnim edhasy amrtam ca gosu

> bhuvy annam ambûdyamane ca vrttim

> yogair manusyâ adhiyanti hi tvâm

> gunesu buddhyâ kavayo vadanti

> yathâ--as; agnim--fire; edhasi--in wood; amrtam--milk, which is like nectar; ca--and; gosu--from cows; bhuvi--on the ground; annam--food grains; ambu--water; udyamane--in enterprise; ca--also; vrttim--livelihood; yogaih--by practice of bhakti-yoga; manusyâh--human beings; adhiyanti--achieve; hi--indeed; tvâm--You; gunesu--in the material modes of nature; buddhyâ--by intelligence; kavayah--great personalities; vadanti--say.

> TRANSLATION

> As one can derive fire from wood, milk from the milk bag of the cow, food grains and water from the land, and prosperity in one's livelihood from industrial enterprises, so, by the practice of bhakti-yoga, even within this material world, one can achieve Your favor or intelligently approach You. Those who are pious all affirm this.

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> TEXT 13

> tam tvâm vayam nâtha samujjihânam

> saroja-nâbhâticirepsitârtham

> drstvâ gatâ nirvrtam adya sarve

> gajâ davârtâ iva gângam ambhah

> tam--O Lord; tvâm--Your Lordship; vayam--all of us; nâtha--O master; samujjihânam--now appearing before us with all glories; saroja-nâbha--O Lord, whose navel resembles a lotus flower, or from whose navel grows a lotus flower; ati-cira--for an extremely long time; îpsita--desiring; artham--for the ultimate goal of life; drstvâ--seeing; gatâh--in our vision; nirvrtam--transcendental happiness; adya--today; sarve--all of us; gajâh--elephants; dava-artâh--being afflicted in a forest fire; iva--like; gângam ambhah--with water from the Ganges.

> TRANSLATION

> Elephants afflicted by a forest fire become very happy when they get water from the Ganges. Similarly, O my Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower, since You have now appeared before us, we have become transcendentally happy. By seeing Your Lordship, whom we have desired to see for a very long time, we have achieved our ultimate goal in life.

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> TEXT 14

> sa tvam vidhatsvâkhila-loka-pâlâ

> vayam yad arthâs tava pâda-mûlam

> samâgatâs te bahir-antar-âtman

> kim vânya-vijnâpyam asesa-sâksinah

> sah--that; tvam--Your Lordship; vidhatsva--kindly do the needful; akhila-loka-pâlâh--the demigods, directors of different departments of this universe; vayam--all of us; yat--that which; arthâh--purpose; tava--at Your Lordship's; pâda-mûlam--lotus feet; samâgatâh--we have arrived; te--unto You; bahih-antah-âtman--O Supersoul of everyone, O constant internal and external witness; kim--what; vâ--either; anya-vijnâpyam--we have to inform You; asesa-sâksinah--the witness and knower of everything.

> TRANSLATION

> My Lord, we, the various demigods, the directors of this universe, have come to Your lotus feet. Please fulfill the purpose for which we have come. You are the witness of everything, from within and without. Nothing is unknown to You, and therefore it is unnecessary to inform You again of anything.

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> TEXT 15

> aham giritras ca surâdayo ye

> daksâdayo 'gner iva ketavas te

> kim vâ vidâmesa prthag-vibhâtâ

> vidhatsva sam no dvija-deva-mantram

> aham--I (Lord Brahmâ); giritrah--Lord Siva; ca--also; sura-âdayah--all the demigods; ye--as we are; daksa-âdayah--headed by Mahârâja Daksa; agneh--of fire; iva--like; ketavah--sparks; te--of You; kim--what; vâ--either; vidâma--can we understand; îsa--O my Lord; prthak-vibhâtâh--independently of You; vidhatsva--kindly bestow upon us; sam--good fortune; nah--our; dvija-deva-mantram--the means of deliverance suitable for the brâhmanas and demigods.

> TRANSLATION

> I [Lord Brahma], Lord Siva and all the demigods, accompanied by the prajapatis like Daksa, are nothing but sparks illuminated by You, who are the original fire. Since we are particles of You, what can we understand about our welfare? O Supreme Lord, please give us the means of deliverance that is suitable for the brahmanas and demigods.

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> TEXT 16

> srî-suka uvâca

> evam virincâdibhir îditas tad

> vijnâya tesâm hrdayam yathaiva

> jagâda jimûta-gabhîrayâ girâ

> baddhânjalîn samvrta-sarva-kârakân

> srî-sukah uvâca--Srî Sukadeva Gosvâmî said; evam--thus; virinca-âdibhih--by all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmâ; îditah--being worshiped; tat vijnâya--understanding the expectation; tesâm--of all of them; hrdayam--the core of the heart; yathâ--as; eva--indeed; jagâda--replied; jîmûta-gabhîrayâ--like the sound of clouds; girâ--by words; baddha-anjalîn--unto the demigods, who stood with folded hands; samvrta--restrained; sarva--all; kârakân--senses.

> TRANSLATION

> Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When the Lord was thus offered prayers by the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, He understood the purpose for which they had approached Him. Therefore, in a deep voice that resembled the rumbling of clouds, the Lord replied to the demigods, who all stood there attentively with folded hands.

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> TEXT 17

> eka evesvaras tasmin

> sura-kârye suresvarah

> vihartu-kâmas tân âha

> samudronmathanâdibhih

> ekah--alone; eva--indeed; îsvarah--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasmin--in that; sura-kârye--the activities of the demigods; sura-îsvarah--the Lord of the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vihartu--to enjoy pastimes; kâmah--desiring; tân--unto the demigods; âha--said; samudra-unmathana-âdibhih--by activities of churning the ocean.

> TRANSLATION

> Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the demigods, was capable of performing the activities of the demigods by Himself, He wanted to enjoy pastimes in churning the ocean. Therefore He spoke as follows.

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> TEXT 18

> srî-bhagavân uvâca

> hanta brahmann aho sambho

> he devâ mama bhâsitam

> srnutâvahitâh sarve

> sreyo vah syâd yathâ surâh

> srî-bhagavân uvâca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; hanta--addressing them; brahman aho--O Lord Brahmâ; sambho--O Lord Siva; he--O; devâh--demigods; mama--My; bhâsitam--statement; srnuta--hear; avahitâh--with great attention; sarve--all of you; sreyah--good fortune; vah--for all of you; syât--shall be; yathâ--as; surâh--for the demigods.

> TRANSLATION

> The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and other demigods, please hear Me with great attention, for what I say will bring good fortune for all of you.

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> TEXT 19

> yâta dânava-daiteyais

> tâvat sandhir vidhîyatâm

> kâlenânugrhîtais tair

> yâvad vo bhava âtmanah

> yâta--just execute; dânava--with the demons; daiteyaih--and the asuras; tâvat--so long; sandhih--a truce; vidhîyatâm--execute; kâlena--by a favorable time (or kâvyena--by Sukrâcârya); anugrhîtaih--receiving benedictions; taih--with them; yâvat--as long as; vah--of you; bhavah--good fortune; âtmanah--of yourselves.

> 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.

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> TEXT 20

> arayo 'pi hi sandheyâh

> sati kâryârtha-gaurave

> ahi-mûsikavad devâ

> hy arthasya padavîm gataih

> arayah--enemies; api--although; hi--indeed; sandheyâh--eligible for a truce; sati--being so; kârya-artha-gaurave--in the matter of an important duty; ahi--snake; mûsika--mouse; vat--like; devâh--O demigods; hi--indeed; arthasya--of interest; padavîm--position; gataih--so being.

> TRANSLATION

> O demigods, fulfilling one's own interests is so important that one may even have to make a truce with one's enemies. For the sake of one's self-interest, one has to act according to the logic of the snake and the mouse.

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> TEXT 21

> amrtotpâdane yatnah

> kriyatâm avilambitam

> yasya pîtasya vai jantur

> mrtyu-grasto 'maro bhavet

> amrta-utpâdane--in generating nectar; yatnah--endeavor; kriyatâm--do; avilambitam--without delay; yasya--of which nectar; pîtasya--anyone who drinks; vai--indeed; jantuh--living entity; mrtyu-grastah--although in imminent danger of death; amarah--immortal; bhavet--can become.

> TRANSLATION

> Immediately endeavor to produce nectar, which a person who is about to die may drink to become immortal.

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> TEXTS 22-23

> ksiptvâ ksîrodadhau sarvâ

> vîrut-trna-latausadhîh

> manthânam mandaram krtvâ

> netram krtvâ tu vâsukim

> sahâyena mayâ devâ

> nirmanthadhvam atandritâh

> klesa-bhâjo bhavisyanti

> daityâ yûyam phala-grahâh

> ksiptvâ--putting; ksîra-udadhau--in the ocean of milk; sarvâh--all kinds of; vîrut--creepers; trna--grass; latâ--vegetables; ausadhîh--and drugs; manthânam--the churning rod; mandaram--Mandara Mountain; krtvâ--making; netram--the churning rope; krtva--making; tu--but; vâsukim--the snake Vâsuki;

> sahâyena--with a helper; mayâ--by Me; devâh--all the demigods; nirmanthadhvam--go on churning; atandritâh--very carefully, without diversion; klesa-bhâjah--sharetakers of sufferings; bhavisyanti--will be; daityâh--the demons; yûyam--but all of you; phala-grahâh--gainers of the actual result.

> TRANSLATION

> O demigods, cast into the ocean of milk all kinds of vegetables, grass, creepers and drugs. Then, with My help, making Mandara Mountain the churning rod and Vasuki the rope for churning, churn the ocean of milk with undiverted attention. Thus the demons will be engaged in labor, but you, the demigods, will gain the actual result, the nectar produced from the ocean.

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> TEXT 24

> yûyam tad anumodadhvam

> yad icchanty asurâh surâh

> na samrambhena sidhyanti

> sarvârthâh sântvayâ yathâ

> yûyam--all of you; tat--that; anumodadhvam--should accept; yat--whatever; icchanti--they desire; asurâh--the demons; surâh--O demigods; na--not; samrambhena--by being agitated in anger; sidhyanti--are very successful; sarva-arthâh--all desired ends; sântvayâ--by peaceful execution; yathâ--as.

> 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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> TEXT 25

> na bhetavyam kâlakûtâd

> visâj jaladhi-sambhavât

> lobhah kâryo na vo jâtu

> rosah kâmas tu vastusu

> na--not; bhetavyam--should be afraid; kâlakûtât--of kâlakûta; visât--from the poison; jaladhi--from the ocean of milk; sambhavât--which will appear; lobhah--greed; kâryah--execution; na--not; vah--unto you; jâtu--at any time; rosah--anger; kâmah--lust; tu--and; vastusu--in the products.

> TRANSLATION

> A poison known as kalakuta will be generated from the ocean of milk, but you should not fear it. And when various products are churned from the ocean, you should not be greedy for them or anxious to obtain them, nor should you be angry.

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> TEXT 26

> srî-suka uvâca

> iti devân samâdisya

> bhagavân purusottamah

> tesâm antardadhe râjan

> svacchanda-gatir îsvarah

> srî-sukah uvâca--Srî Sukadeva Gosvâmî said; iti--thus; devân--all the demigods; samâdisya--advising; bhagavân--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; purusa-uttamah--the best of all persons; tesâm--from them; antardadhe--disappeared; râjan--O King; svacchanda--free; gatih--whose movements; îsvarah--the Personality of Godhead.

> TRANSLATION

> Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O King Pariksit, after advising the demigods in this way, the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, the best of all living entities, disappeared from their presence.

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> TEXT 27

> atha tasmai bhagavate

> namaskrtya pitâmahah

> bhavas ca jagmatuh svam svam

> dhâmopeyur balim surâh

> atha--after this; tasmai--unto Him; bhagavate--unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; namaskrtya--offering obeisances; pitâ-mahah--Lord Brahmâ; bhavah ca--as well as Lord Siva; jagmatuh--returned; svam svam--to their own; dhâma--abodes; upeyuh--approached; balim--King Bali; surâh--all the other demigods.

> TRANSLATION

> Then Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, after offering their respectful obeisances to the Lord, returned to their abodes. All the demigods then approached Maharaja Bali.

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> TEXT 28

> drstvârîn apy asamyattân

> jâta-ksobhân sva-nâyakân

> nyasedhad daitya-rât slokyah

> sandhi-vigraha-kâlavit

> drstvâ--observing; arîn--the enemies; api--although; asamyattân--without any endeavor to fight; jâta-ksobhân--who became agitated; sva-nâyakân--his own captains and commanders; nyasedhat--prevented; daitya-rât--the Emperor of the Daityas, Mahârâja Bali; slokyah--very respectable and prominent; sandhi--for making negotiations; vigraha--as well as for fighting; kâla--the time; vit--completely aware of.

> TRANSLATION

> Maharaja Bali, a most celebrated king of the demons, knew very well when to make peace and when to fight. Thus although his commanders and captains were agitated and were about to kill the demigods, Maharaja Bali, seeing that the demigods were coming to him without a militant attitude, forbade his commanders to kill them.

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> TEXT 29

> te vairocanim âsînam

> guptam câsura-yûtha-paih

> sriyâ paramayâ justam

> jitâsesam upâgaman

> te--all the demigods; vairocanim--unto Balirâja, the son of Virocana; âsînam--sitting down; guptam--well protected; ca--and; asura-yûtha-paih--by the commanders of the asuras; sriyâ--by opulence; paramayâ--supreme; justam--blessed; jita-asesam--who became the proprietor of all the worlds; upâgaman--approached.

> TRANSLATION

> The demigods approached Bali Maharaja, the son of Virocana, and sat down near him. Bali Maharaja was protected by the commanders of the demons and was most opulent, having conquered all the universes.

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> TEXT 30

> mahendrah slaksnayâ vâcâ

> sântvayitvâ mahâ-matih

> abhyabhâsata tat sarvam

> siksitam purusottamât

> mahâ-indrah--the King of heaven, Indra; slaksnayâ--very mild; vâcâ--by words; sântvayitvâ--pleasing Bali Mahârâja very much; mahâ-matih--the most intelligent person; abhyabhâsata--addressed; tat--that; sarvam--everything; siksitam--that was learned; purusa-uttamât--from Lord Visnu.

> TRANSLATION

> After pleasing Bali Maharaja with mild words, Lord Indra, the King of the demigods, who was most intelligent, very politely submitted all the proposals he had learned from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu.

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> TEXT 31

> tat tv arocata daityasya

> tatrânye ye 'surâdhipâh

> sambaro 'ristanemis ca

> ye ca tripura-vâsinah

> tat--all those words; tu--but; arocata--were very pleasing; daityasya--to Bali Mahârâja; tatra--as well as; anye--others; ye--who were; asura-adhipâh--the chiefs of the asuras; sambarah--Sambara; aristanemih--Aristanemi; ca--also; ye--others who; ca--and; tripura-vâsinah--all the residents of Tripura.

> TRANSLATION

> The proposals submitted by King Indra were immediately accepted by Bali Maharaja and his assistants, headed by Sambara and Aristanemi, and by all the other residents of Tripura.

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> TEXT 32

> tato devâsurâh krtvâ

> samvidam krta-sauhrdâh

> udyamam paramam cakrur

> amrtârthe parantapa

> tatah--thereafter; deva-asurâh--both the demons and the demigods; krtvâ--executing; samvidam--indicating; krta-sauhrdâh--an armistice between them; udyamam--enterprise; paramam--supreme; cakruh--they did; amrta-arthe--for the sake of nectar; parantapa--O Mahârâja Parîksit, chastiser of enemies.

> TRANSLATION

> O Maharaja Pariksit, chastiser of enemies, the demigods and the demons thereafter made an armistice between them. Then, with great enterprise, they arranged to produce nectar, as proposed by Lord Indra.

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> TEXT 33

> tatas te mandara-girim

> ojasotpâtya durmadâh

> nadanta udadhim ninyuh

> saktâh parigha-bâhavah

> tatah--thereafter; te--all the demigods and demons; mandara-girim--Mandara Mountain; ojasâ--with great strength; utpâtya--extracting; durmadâh--very powerful and competent; nadanta--cried very loudly; udadhim--toward the ocean; ninyuh--brought; saktâh--very strong; parigha-bâhavah--having long, strong arms.

> TRANSLATION

> Thereafter, with great strength, the demons and demigods, who were all very powerful and who had long, stout arms, uprooted Mandara Mountain. Crying very loudly, they brought it toward the ocean of milk.

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> TEXT 34

> dûra-bhârodvaha-srântâh

> sakra-vairocanâdayah

> apârayantas tam vodhum

> vivasâ vijahuh pathi

> dûra--for a great distance; bhâra-udvaha--by carrying the great load; srântâh--being fatigued; sakra--King Indra; vairocana-âdayah--and Mahârâja Bali (the son of Virocana) and others; apârayantah--being unable; tam--the mountain; vodhum--to bear; vivasâh--being unable; vijahuh--gave up; pathi--on the way.

> TRANSLATION

> Because of conveying the great mountain for a long distance, King Indra, Maharaja Bali and the other demigods and demons became fatigued. Being unable to carry the mountain, they left it on the way.

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> TEXT 35

> nipatan sa giris tatra

> bahûn amara-dânavân

> cûrnayâm âsa mahatâ

> bhârena kanakâcalah

> nipatan--falling down; sah--that; girih--mountain; tatra--there; bahûn--many; amara-dânavân--demigods and demons; cûrnayâm âsa--were smashed; mahatâ--by great; bhârena--weight; kanaka-acalah--the golden mountain known as Mandara.

> TRANSLATION

> The mountain known as Mandara, which was extremely heavy, being made of gold, fell and smashed many demigods and demons.

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> TEXT 36

> tâms tathâ bhagna-manaso

> bhagna-bâhûru-kandharân

> vijnâya bhagavâms tatra

> babhûva garuda-dhvajah

> tân--all the demigods and demons; tathâ--thereafter; bhagna-manasah--being brokenhearted; bhagna-bâhu--with broken arms; ûru--thighs; kandharân--and shoulders; vijnâya--knowing; bhagavân--the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu; tatra--there; babhûva--appeared; garuda-dhvajah--being carried on Garuda.

> TRANSLATION

> The demigods and demons were frustrated and disheartened, and their arms, thighs and shoulders were broken. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who knows everything, appeared there on the back of His carrier, Garuda.

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> TEXT 37

> giri-pâta-vinispistân

> vilokyâmara-dânavân

> îksayâ jîvayâm âsa

> nirjarân nirvranân yathâ

> giri-pâta--because of the falling of Mandara Mountain; vinispistân--crushed; vilokya--observing; amara--the demigods; dânavân--and the demons; îksayâ--simply by His glance; jîvayâm âsa--brought back to life; nirjarân--without aggrievement; nirvranân--without bruises; yathâ--as.

> TRANSLATION

> Observing that most of the demons and the demigods had been crushed by the falling of the mountain, the Lord glanced over them and brought them back to life. Thus they became free from grief, and they even had no bruises on their bodies.

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> TEXT 38

> girim câropya garude

> hastenaikena lîlayâ

> âruhya prayayâv abdhim

> surâsura-ganair vrtah

> girim--the mountain; ca--also; âropya--placing; garude--on the back of Garuda; hastena--by the hand; ekena--one; lîlayâ--very easily as His pastime; âruhya--getting on; prayayau--He went; abdhim--to the ocean of milk; sura-asura-ganaih--by the demigods and asuras; vrtah--surrounded.

> TRANSLATION

> The Lord very easily lifted the mountain with one hand and placed it on the back of Garuda. Then, He too got on the back of Garuda and went to the ocean of milk, surrounded by the demigods and demons.

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> TEXT 39

> avaropya girim skandhât

> suparnah patatâm varah

> yayau jalânta utsrjya

> harinâ sa visarjitah

> avaropya--unloading; girim--the mountain; skandhât--from his shoulder; suparnah--Garuda; patatâm--of all the birds; varah--the biggest or most powerful; yayau--went; jala-ante--where the water is; utsrjya--placing; harinâ--by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sah--he (Garuda); visarjitah--discharged from that place.

> TRANSLATION

> Thereafter, Garuda, the chief of birds, unloaded Mandara Mountain from his shoulder and brought it near the water. Then he was asked by the Lord to leave that place, and he left.

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