SB 9.20.31 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.20.31

जित्वा पुरासुरा देवान् ये रसौकांसि भेजिरे । देवस्त्रियो रसां नीता: प्राणिभि: पुनराहरत् ॥ ३१ ॥

jitvā purāsurā devān

[jitvaa puraasuraa devaan]

ye rasaukāṁsi bhejire

[ye rasaukaamsi bhejire]

deva-striyo rasāṁ nītāḥ

[deva-striyo rasaam neetaah]

prāṇibhiḥ punar āharat

[praanibhih punar aaharat]

Word-for-word

jitvā — conquering purā — formerly asurāḥ — the demons devān — the demigods ye — all who rasa-okāṁsi — in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala bhejire — took shelter deva-striyaḥ — the wives and daughters of the demigods rasām — in the lower planetary system nītāḥ — were brought prāṇibhiḥ — with their own dear associates punaḥ — again āharat — brought back to their original places.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

jitvā purāsurā devān

jitvā

conquering

purā

formerly

asurāḥ

the demons

devān

the demigods

ye rasaukāṁsi bhejire

all who

rasa-okāṁsi

in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala

bhejire

took shelter

deva-striyo rasāṁ nītāḥ

deva-striyaḥ

the wives and daughters of the demigods

rasām

in the lower planetary system

nītāḥ

were brought

prāṇibhiḥ punar āharat

prāṇibhiḥ

with their own dear associates

punaḥ

again

āharat

brought back to their original places.

Formerly, after conquering the demigods, all the demons had taken shelter in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala and had brought all the wives and daughters of the demigods there also. Mahārāja Bharata, however, rescued all those women, along with their associates, from the clutches of the demons, and he returned them to the demigods.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Formerly, after conquering the devatās, the demons had taken shelter of Rasātala, taking the women of Svarga with them. Mahārāja Bharata, however, brought them back along with their associates. The demons after defeating the devatās when to Rasātala, and brought the women of Svarga there. Bharata took the women along with their friends from the demons and brought them back to the devatās in Svarga. Another version has paṇibhiḥ (from the demons) instead of prāṇibhiḥ.

Personal Guidance

Bharata rescues the demigods' wives and daughters from the demons in Rasātala. Recovery of those who have been carried off to the lower regions by demonic forces is a real responsibility of leadership.

Reflection Questions

Whom in my community has been carried off to a kind of 'Rasātala' — addictions, isolation, despair — and could I help bring them back?
Where am I treating their condition as their own private problem when it is actually a leadership rescue?

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