pratibudhya niśātyaye
pratibudhya niśātyaye
teṣāṁ prāṇātyaye cāhaṁ
dadāmi vipulāṁ gatim
O King! I give an eternal residence in the spiritual world at the end of their lives to persons who rise from bed at the end of night and offer me the prayers offered by you.
|| 8.4.26 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
ity ādiśya hṛṣīkeśaḥ
prādhmāya jalajottamam
harṣayan vibudhānīkam
āruroha khagādhipam
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After giving this instruction, the Lord, who is known as Hṛṣīkeśa, blowing his conch, gave joy to the devatās and climbed on the back of his carrier, Garuḍa.
Thus ends the commentary on the Fourth Chapter of the Eighth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Five
Brahmā’s Prayer for Ajita
|| 8.5.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
rājann uditam etat te
hareḥ karmāgha-nāśanam
gajendra-mokṣaṇaṁ puṇyaṁ
raivataṁ tv antaraṁ śṛṇu
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! I have described to you the pure story of the deliverance of Gajendra, which destroys sin. Now please listen as I describe Raivata Manu.
The Fifth Chapter describes the prayers of the devatās after they lost power through the curse of Durvāsā, in relation to the sixth Manvantara avatāra Ajita.
|| 8.5.2 ||
pañcamo raivato nāma
manus tāmasa-sodaraḥ
bali-vindhyādayas tasya
sutā hārjuna-pūrvakāḥ
The brother of Tāmasa Manu was the fifth Manu, named Raivata. His sons were headed by Arjuna, Bali and Vindhya.
|| 8.5.3 ||
vibhur indraḥ sura-gaṇā
rājan bhūtarayādayaḥ
hiraṇyaromā vedaśirā
ūrdhvabāhv-ādayo dvijāḥ
O King, in the millennium of Raivata Manu, the king of heaven was known as Vibhu, the devatās were the Bhūtarayas, and the seven sages were the brāhmaṇas headed by Hiraṇyaromā, Vedaśirā and Ūrdhvabāhu.
|| 8.5.4 ||
patnī vikuṇṭhā śubhrasya
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