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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 2 · Chapter 6: Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
2.6.232.6.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.6.24

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 2.6.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Brahmā → Nārada Muni

तेषु यज्ञस्य पशव: सवनस्पतय: कुशा: ।

इदं च देवयजनं कालश्चोरुगुणान्वित: ॥ २४ ॥

teṣu yajñasya paśavaḥ

savanaspatayaḥ kuśāḥ

idaṁ ca deva-yajanaṁ

kālaś coru-guṇānvitaḥ

Translation

For performing sacrificial ceremonies, one requires sacrificial ingredients, such as flowers, leaves and straw, along with the sacrificial altar and a suitable time [spring].

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sacrifice Requires Thoughtful Preparation

  1. 1

    Sacrificial ceremonies require ingredients such as flowers and leaves.

  2. 2

    Straw and a sacrificial altar are also needed for the performance.

  3. 3

    A suitable time is part of the preparation. The translation identifies spring as such a time.

How it feels

Uncertainty → Awe. The scale of reality widens dramatically.

Chapters 4–7 of Canto 2: The creation, cosmic Person and incarnations. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed

Brahmā describes the universal form, his sacrifice, and the Lord’s control over creation, maintenance, and destruction.

Back to this verse in chapter 2.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. teṣuin such sacrifices
  2. yajñasyaof the sacrificial performance
  3. paśavaḥthe animals or the sacrificial ingredients
  4. sa-vanaspatayaḥalong with flowers and leaves
  5. kuśāḥthe straw
  6. idamall these
  7. caas also
  8. deva-yajanamthe sacrificial altar
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this list teach me about taking care in preparing an act of worship?

Practice

Before your worship today, choose a suitable time and arrange the materials you need.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySacrifice Requires Thoughtful PreparationThis 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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