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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 11 · Chapter 2: Mahārāja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras
11.2.1411.2.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.2.15

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 11.2.11inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Vasudeva

प्रियव्रतो नाम सुतो मनो: स्वायम्भुवस्य य: ।

तस्याग्नीध्रस्ततो नाभिऋर्षभस्तत्सुत: स्मृत: ॥ १५ ॥

priyavrato nāma suto

manoḥ svāyambhuvasya yaḥ

tasyāgnīdhras tato nābhir

ṛṣabhas tat-sutaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

Svāyambhuva Manu had a son named Mahārāja Priyavrata, and among Priyavrata’s sons was Āgnīdhra. From Āgnīdhra was born Nābhi, whose son was known as Ṛṣabhadeva.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Family Line of Ṛṣabhadeva

  1. 1

    Svāyambhuva Manu had a son named Mahārāja Priyavrata.

  2. 2

    Among Priyavrata’s sons was Āgnīdhra, whose son was Nābhi.

  3. 3

    Ṛṣabhadeva was the son of Nābhi. This verse gives the genealogical background of Ṛṣabhadeva’s sons.

Key points from the purport
  • The genealogical background of the sons of Ṛṣabhadeva is given in this verse.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Foreboding → Devotional urgency. Uddhava realizes that Kṛṣṇa's visible association is nearing an end.

Chapters 1–6 of Canto 11: The Yadu curse, the nine Yogendras and farewell signs. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 2: Mahārāja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Svāyambhuva Manu’s son was Priyavrata. His son was Āgnīdhra, whose son was Nābhi.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.2
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. priyavrataḥMahārāja Priyavrata
  2. nāmaby name
  3. sutaḥthe son
  4. manoḥ svāyambhuvasyaof Svāyambhuva Manu
  5. yaḥwho
  6. tasyahis
  7. āgnīdhraḥ(son was) Āgnīdhra
  8. tataḥfrom him (Āgnīdhra)
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I trace the family line leading to Ṛṣabhadeva?

Practice

Write the sequence once: Svāyambhuva Manu, Mahārāja Priyavrata, Āgnīdhra, Nābhi, Ṛṣabhadeva.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 11.2's connections

Live this todayThe Family Line of ṚṣabhadevaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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