SB 8.16.1

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

SB 8.16 Summary - SB 8.16.2

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

śrī-śuka uvāca

evaṁ putreṣu naṣṭeṣu

deva-mātāditis tadā

hṛte tri-viṣṭape daityaiḥ

paryatapyad anāthavat

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — in this way; putreṣu — when her sons; naṣṭeṣu — disappearing from their position; deva-mātā — the mother of the demigods; aditiḥ — Aditi; tadā — at that time; hṛte — because of being lost; tri-viṣṭape — the kingdom of heaven; daityaiḥ — by the influence of the demons; paryatapyat — began to lament; anātha-vat — as if she had no protector.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, when Aditi's sons, the demigods, had thus disappeared from heaven and the demons had occupied their places, Aditi began lamenting, as if she had no protector.

SB 8.16 Summary - SB 8.16.2