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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.9.1

श्रीशुक उवाच तेऽन्योन्यतोऽसुरा: पात्रं हरन्तस्त्यक्तसौहृदा: । क्षिपन्तो दस्युधर्माण आयान्तीं दद‍ृशु: स्त्रियम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
te ’nyonyato ’surāḥ pātraṁ
[te ’nyonyato ’suraah paatram]
harantas tyakta-sauhṛdāḥ
[harantas tyakta-sauhridaah]
kṣipanto dasyu-dharmāṇa
[kshipanto dasyu-dharmaana]
āyāntīṁ dadṛśuḥ striyam
[aayaanteem dadrishuh striyam]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said te — the demons anyonyataḥ — among themselves asurāḥ — the demons pātram — the container of nectar harantaḥ — snatching from one another tyakta-sauhṛdāḥ — became inimical toward one another kṣipantaḥ — sometimes throwing dasyu-dharmāṇaḥ — sometimes snatching like robbers āyāntīm — coming forward dadṛśuḥ — saw striyam — a very beautiful and attractive woman.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
te ’nyonyato ’surāḥ pātraṁ
te
the demons
harantas tyakta-sauhṛdāḥ
anyonyataḥ
among themselves
asurāḥ
the demons
kṣipanto dasyu-dharmāṇa
pātram
the container of nectar
harantaḥ
snatching from one another
tyakta-sauhṛdāḥ
became inimical toward one another
kṣipantaḥ
sometimes throwing
āyāntīṁ dadṛśuḥ striyam
dasyu-dharmāṇaḥ
sometimes snatching like robbers
āyāntīm
coming forward
dadṛśuḥ
saw
striyam
a very beautiful and attractive woman.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thereafter, the demons became inimical toward one another. Throwing and snatching the container of nectar, they gave up their friendly relationship. Meanwhile, they saw a very beautiful young woman coming forward toward them.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The demons, having the nature of thieves, had given up friendship with one another and were snatching and throwing the pot. They then saw the woman approach. The Ninth Chapter describes how Mohinī bewilders and cheats the demons and then gives the nectar to the devatās to drink, and how Rāhu is beheaded.
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Personal Guidance
Friendship dissolved into snatching the nectar pot — and just then a beautiful woman appeared. When attachment to a prize destroys our bonds, distraction arrives in glamorous form. The Lord uses our weakness to redirect us.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose friendship have I damaged over a 'nectar pot' that turned out not to be worth it?
  • What distraction has shown up in my life just as a quarrel was peaking — and what was its real purpose?
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