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Canto 12 · The Age of Deterioration · 13 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

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

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Canto 12 · Chapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

12.7.2 12.7.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.7.3

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Sūta Gosvāmīsince 12.7.1inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

बभ्रु: शिष्योऽथाङ्गिरस: सैन्धवायन एव च ।

अधीयेतां संहिते द्वे सावर्णाद्यास्तथापरे ॥ ३ ॥

babhruḥ śiṣyo ’thāṅgirasaḥ

saindhavāyana eva ca

adhīyetāṁ saṁhite dve

sāvarṇādyās tathāpare

Translation

Babhru and Saindhavāyana, disciples of Śunaka, studied the two divisions of their spiritual master’s compilation of the Atharva Veda. Saindhavāyana’s disciple Sāvarṇa and disciples of other great sages also studied this edition of the Atharva Veda.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Disciples Continue Studying Their Teachers’ Collections

1
Babhru and Saindhavāyana were disciples of Śunaka.
2
They studied the two divisions of their spiritual master’s compilation of the Atharva Veda.
3
Saindhavāyana’s disciple Sāvarṇa and disciples of other great sages also studied this edition.

How it feels

Inquiry → Reverence. The transmission of sacred knowledge continues beyond the king's life.

Chapters 7–8 of Canto 12: The Vedic corpus and Mārkaṇḍeya's devotion. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

Summary of this chapter:

In this chapter Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī describes the expansion of the branches of the Atharva Veda, enumerates the compilers of the Purāṇas and explains the characteristics of a Purāṇa. He then lists the eighteen major Purāṇas and finishes his account by stating that any person who hears about these matters from someone in a proper disciplic succession will acquire spiritual potency.

Back to this verse in chapter 12.7

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

babhruḥBabhru
śiṣyaḥthe disciple
athathen
aṅgirasaḥof Śunaka (also known as Aṅgirā)
saindhavāyanaḥSaindhavāyana
evaindeed
caalso
adhīyetāmthey learned

Key ideas in this verse

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

Īśānukathā · The science of God
Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from the attention these disciples gave to their teachers’ compilation?

Practice

Read the translation twice, then recall who taught Saindhavāyana and who his disciple was.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDisciples Continue Studying Their Teachers’ CollectionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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