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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.1.46-47

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Hearing the Dynasty with Faith

“My dear Vidura, the population of the universe was thus increased by the descendants of these sages and the daughters of Kardama. Anyone who hears the descriptions of this dynasty with faith will be relieved from all sinful reactions. Another of Manu’s daughters, known as Prasūti, married the son of Brahmā named Dakṣa.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.46-47, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The descendants of these sages and the daughters of Kardama increased the population of the universe.
  • Anyone who hears the descriptions of this dynasty with faith will be relieved from all sinful reactions.
  • Prasūti, another daughter of Manu, married Dakṣa, the son of Brahmā.

Try this today

Read this passage aloud once, listening carefully and with faith.

Ask yourself

How can you bring greater faith and attention to hearing this account?

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

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