Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.1.60
Visarga· Brahmā's creationAccepting Offerings on Behalf of the Demigods
“The predominating deity of fire begot in his wife, Svāhā, three children, named Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci, who exist by eating the oblations offered to the fire of sacrifice.”
What the purport teaches
- Svāhā, the fourteenth daughter of Dakṣa, was the wife of Agni, the predominating deity of fire.
- Their three sons were Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci. They live by accepting oblations offered in the sacrificial fire.
- These offerings are meant for the demigods. The three sons accept them on the demigods’ behalf.
Try this today
Write down the three sons’ names and note whose behalf they accept offerings on.
Ask yourself
What distinction does this verse make between those who accept offerings and those for whom they are intended?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.