Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.13.9
Visarga· Brahmā's creationSaṁjñā’s Children and the Sun-God’s Wives
“It is said that the sun-god had a third wife, named Vaḍavā. Of the three wives, the wife named Saṁjñā had three children — Yama, Yamī and Śrāddhadeva. Now let me describe the children of Chāyā.”
What the purport teaches
- It is said that the sun-god had a third wife named Vaḍavā.
- Saṁjñā had three children: Yama, Yamī and Śrāddhadeva.
- The account next turns to the children of Chāyā.
Try this today
Write Saṁjñā’s name with the names of her three children beneath it.
Ask yourself
Can I identify Saṁjñā’s three children without confusing them with Chāyā’s?
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.