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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.16.15
tasmad isa bhajantya me
SYNONYMS
tasmat -- therefore; isa -- O powerful controller; bhajantyah -- of your servitor; me -- me; sreyah -- auspiciousness; cintaya -- just consider; su-vrata -- O most gentle one; hrita-sriyah -- bereft of all opulence; hrita-sthanan -- bereft of a residence; sapatnaih -- by the competitors; pahi -- please protect; nah -- us; prabho -- O 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 Kasyapa Muni to give the demigods protection. When we speak of the demigods, this also includes their mother.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness