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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 3 · Chapter 21: Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
3.21.283.21.30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.21.29

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Lordsince 3.21.24inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

या त आत्मभृतं वीर्यं नवधा प्रसविष्यति ।

वीर्ये त्वदीये ऋषय आधास्यन्त्यञ्जसात्मन: ॥ २९ ॥

yā ta ātma-bhṛtaṁ vīryaṁ

navadhā prasaviṣyati

vīrye tvadīye ṛṣaya

ādhāsyanty añjasātmanaḥ

Translation

She will bring forth nine daughters from the seed sown in her by you, and through the daughters you beget, the sages will duly beget children.

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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.

Nine Daughters and Their Future Families

  1. 1

    The Lord foretells that the sage’s wife will give birth to nine daughters.

  2. 2

    These daughters will be begotten by the sage through his wife.

  3. 3

    Through their daughters, the sages will duly beget children. The promise thus describes a further generation of the family.

How it feels

Longing and service → Preparedness. Family devotion turns toward higher spiritual fulfillment.

Chapters 20–24 of Canto 3: Kardama, Devahūti, family and renunciation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 21: Conversation Between Manu and Kardama

Kardama performs penance, receives the Lord’s blessings, and welcomes Manu, who travels with his wife and daughter.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.21
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yāshe
  2. teby you
  3. ātma-bhṛtamsown in her
  4. vīryamthe seed
  5. nava-dhānine daughters
  6. prasaviṣyatiwill bring forth
  7. vīrye tvadīyein the daughters begotten by you
  8. ṛṣayaḥthe sages
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 3.21

    In this verse: “children”

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 promise reveal about the family’s future beyond the birth of the nine daughters?

Practice

Reread the translation and identify the two generations described in the Lord’s promise.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayNine Daughters and Their Future FamiliesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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