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Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

Verse 15 of 60
SB 8.16.15

तस्मादीश भजन्त्या मे श्रेयश्चिन्तय सुव्रत हृतश्रियो हृतस्थानान्सपत्नैः पाहि नः प्रभो

tasmād īśa bhajantyā me śreyaś cintaya suvrata hṛta-śriyo hṛta-sthānān sapatnaiḥ pāhi naḥ prabho

Synonyms

tasmāttherefore; īśaO powerful controller; bhajantyāḥof your servitor; meme; śreyaḥauspiciousness; cintayajust consider; suvrataO most gentle one; hṛta-śriyaḥbereft of all opulence; hṛta-sthānānbereft of a residence; sapatnaiḥby the competitors; pāhiplease protect; naḥus; prabhoO my lord..

Translation

Therefore, most gentle lord, kindly favor your maidservant. We have now been deprived of our opulence and residence by our competitors, the demons. Kindly give us protection.

Purport

Aditi, the mother of the demigods, appealed to Kaśyapa Muni to give the demigods protection. When we speak of the demigods, this also includes their mother.

Verse 15 of 60
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