SB 8.20.30 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.20.30

सर्वात्मनीदं भुवनं निरीक्ष्य सर्वेऽसुरा: कश्मलमापुरङ्ग । सुदर्शनं चक्रमसह्यतेजो धनुश्च शार्ङ्गं स्तनयित्नुघोषम् ॥ ३० ॥

sarvātmanīdaṁ bhuvanaṁ nirīkṣya

[sarvaatmaneedam bhuvanam nireekshya]

sarve ’surāḥ kaśmalam āpur aṅga

[sarve ’suraah kashmalam aapur anga]

sudarśanaṁ cakram asahya-tejo

[sudarshanam chakram asahya-tejo]

dhanuś ca śārṅgaṁ stanayitnu-ghoṣam

[dhanush cha shaarngam stanayitnu-ghosham]

Word-for-word

sarva-ātmani — in the supreme whole, the Supreme Personality of Godhead idam — this universe bhuvanam — the three worlds nirīkṣya — by observing sarve — all asurāḥ — the demons, the associates of Bali Mahārāja kaśmalam — lamentation āpuḥ — received aṅga — O King sudarśanam — named Sudarśana cakram — the disc asahya — unbearable tejaḥ — the heat of which dhanuḥ ca — and the bow śārṅgam — named Śārṅga stanayitnu — the resounding of assembled clouds ghoṣam — sounding like.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

sarvātmanīdaṁ bhuvanaṁ nirīkṣya

sarva-ātmani

in the supreme whole, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

idam

this universe

bhuvanam

the three worlds

nirīkṣya

by observing

sarve ’surāḥ kaśmalam āpur aṅga

sarve

all

asurāḥ

the demons, the associates of Bali Mahārāja

kaśmalam

lamentation

āpuḥ

received

aṅga

O King

sudarśanaṁ cakram asahya-tejo

sudarśanam

named Sudarśana

cakram

the disc

asahya

unbearable

tejaḥ

the heat of which

dhanuś ca śārṅgaṁ stanayitnu-ghoṣam

dhanuḥ ca

and the bow

śārṅgam

named Śārṅga

stanayitnu

the resounding of assembled clouds

ghoṣam

sounding like.

O King, when all the demons, the followers of Mahārāja Bali, saw the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who held everything within His body, when they saw in the Lord’s hand His disc, known as the Sudarśana cakra, which generates intolerable heat, and when they heard the tumultuous sound of His bow, all of these caused lamentation within their hearts.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

O King! When all the demons saw the universal form of the Supreme Lord, who held everything within his body, when they saw in the Lord's hand the Sudarśana cakra, and when they saw his thundering bow of intolerable power, they became perturbed.

Personal Guidance

The demons saw the form, the Sudarśana, heard the bow's tumultuous sound, and lamented in their hearts. They knew the giver had become the loser. Recognition without surrender produces grief — they see Him but cannot yield.

Reflection Questions

Where do I recognize the Lord's power but lament rather than surrender?
What 'tumultuous sound' in my life signals divine presence that I respond to with anxiety rather than reverence?

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