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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.61.16

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

The Sons of Mitravindā

“Mitravindā’s sons were Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila, Gṛdhra, Vardhana, Unnāda, Mahāṁsa, Pāvana, Vahni and Kṣudhi.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.16, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Mitravindā’s sons included Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila and Gṛdhra.
  • Vardhana, Unnāda and Mahāṁsa were also her sons.
  • Pāvana, Vahni and Kṣudhi complete the list of her ten sons.

Try this today

Read the verse slowly and recall the name of Mitravindā and one of her sons.

Ask yourself

Can I give careful attention even to a verse that mainly records names?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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