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Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Svadhā’s Daughters Were Expert in Knowledge

“Svadhā, who was offered to the Pitās, begot two daughters named Vayunā and Dhāriṇī, both of whom were impersonalists and were expert in transcendental and Vedic knowledge.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.64, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Svadhā, who was offered to the Pitās, bore two daughters.
  • Their names were Vayunā and Dhāriṇī, and both were impersonalists.
  • Both daughters were expert in transcendental and Vedic knowledge.

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Write the two daughters’ names beside the kinds of knowledge in which they were expert.

Ask yourself

Which qualities of Vayunā and Dhāriṇī does the verse especially record?

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

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