SB 8.10.44 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.10.44

तत: शूलं तत: प्रासं ततस्तोमरमृष्टय: । यद् यच्छस्त्रं समादद्यात्सर्वं तदच्छिनद् विभु: ॥ ४४ ॥

tataḥ śūlaṁ tataḥ prāsaṁ

[tatah shoolam tatah praasam]

tatas tomaram ṛṣṭayaḥ

[tatas tomaram rishtayah]

yad yac chastraṁ samādadyāt

[yad yach chastram samaadadyaat]

sarvaṁ tad acchinad vibhuḥ

[sarvam tad achchinad vibhuh]

Word-for-word

tataḥ — thereafter śūlam — lance tataḥ — thereafter prāsam — the prāsa weapon tataḥ — thereafter tomaram — the tomara weapon ṛṣṭayaḥ — the ṛṣṭi weapons yat yat — whatever and whichever śastram — weapon samādadyāt — Bali Mahārāja tried to use sarvam — all of them tat — those same weapons acchinat — cut to pieces vibhuḥ — the great Indra.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tataḥ śūlaṁ tataḥ prāsaṁ

tataḥ

thereafter

śūlam

lance

tataḥ

thereafter

prāsam

the prāsa weapon

tatas tomaram ṛṣṭayaḥ

tataḥ

thereafter

tomaram

the tomara weapon

ṛṣṭayaḥ

the ṛṣṭi weapons

yad yac chastraṁ samādadyāt

yat yat

whatever and whichever

śastram

weapon

sarvaṁ tad acchinad vibhuḥ

samādadyāt

Bali Mahārāja tried to use

sarvam

all of them

tat

those same weapons

acchinat

cut to pieces

vibhuḥ

the great Indra.

Thereafter, one by one, Bali Mahārāja used a lance, prāsa, tomara, ṛṣṭis and other weapons, but whatever weapons he took up, Indra immediately cut them to pieces.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Thereafter, one by one, Bali Mahārāja used a lance, a dart, a javelin, swords and other weapons, but whatever weapons he took up, Indra cut them to pieces.

Personal Guidance

Lance, prāsa, tomara, ṛṣṭi — whatever weapon Bali took, Indra cut it. Demonic ingenuity cannot exhaust dharmic skill. When the cause is right and the master is engaged, every new attack just produces a new counter.

Reflection Questions

Where is the Lord cutting weapon after weapon for me, while I credit my own resilience?
What new attack form am I bracing for — and could I trust dharmic skill to handle it as it comes?

📝 My note

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