SB 8.11.47 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.11.47

तत्राविनष्टावयवान् विद्यमानशिरोधरान् । उशना जीवयामास संजीवन्या स्वविद्यया ॥ ४७ ॥

tatrāvinaṣṭāvayavān

[tatraavinashtaavayavaan]

vidyamāna-śirodharān

[vidyamaana-shirodharaan]

uśanā jīvayām āsa

[ushanaa jeevayaam aasa]

saṁjīvanyā sva-vidyayā

[samjeevanyaa sva-vidyayaa]

Word-for-word

tatra — on that hill avinaṣṭa-avayavān — the demons who had been killed but whose bodily parts had not been lost vidyamāna-śirodharān — whose heads were still existing on their bodies uśanāḥ — Śukrācārya jīvayām āsa — brought to life saṁjīvanyā — by the Saṁjīvanī mantra sva-vidyayā — by his own achievement.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tatrāvinaṣṭāvayavān

tatra

on that hill

avinaṣṭa-avayavān

the demons who had been killed but whose bodily parts had not been lost

vidyamāna-śirodharān

whose heads were still existing on their bodies

uśanā jīvayām āsa

uśanāḥ

Śukrācārya

jīvayām āsa

brought to life

saṁjīvanyā

by the Saṁjīvanī mantra

saṁjīvanyā sva-vidyayā

sva-vidyayā

by his own achievement.

There, on that hill, Śukrācārya brought to life all the dead demoniac soldiers who had not lost their heads, trunks and limbs. He achieved this by his own mantra, known as Saṁjīvanī.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

There, Śukrācārya brought to life all the demons who had not lost their heads and limbs by his knowledge of rejuvenation.

Personal Guidance

Śukrācārya used his Saṁjīvanī mantra to revive all dead demons whose limbs were intact. Reactivation requires that the basic structure remain. Mantras work where there is something coherent to restore. Severed parts cannot be re-attached.

Reflection Questions

What in me is dead-but-intact, awaiting only the right mantra to revive?
Where have I severed something so completely that no revival mantra applies — and is that finality real?

📝 My note

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