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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.21.5
रुचिर्यो भगवान् ब्रह्मन्दक्षो वा ब्रह्मण: सुत: ।
यथा ससर्ज भूतानि लब्ध्वा भार्यां च मानवीम् ॥ ५ ॥
rucir yo bhagavān brahman
dakṣo vā brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
yathā sasarja bhūtāni
labdhvā bhāryāṁ ca mānavīm
O holy sage, tell me how the worshipful Ruci and Dakṣa, the son of Brahmā, generated children after securing as their wives the other two daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The great personalities who increased the population at the beginning of creation are called Prajāpatis. Brahmā, Svāyambhuva Manu and Dakṣa are among them.
Ruci married Ākūti, and Dakṣa married Prasūti, daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu.
These couples and their descendants produced immense numbers of children to populate the universe. Vidura asked how this population was generated in the beginning.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Kardama performs penance, receives the Lord’s blessings, and welcomes Manu, who travels with his wife and daughter.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.21Learn the Sanskrit words of the 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
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.21
In this verse: “worshipful”
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Vidura’s inquiry help me understand about the Prajāpatis?
Write the meaning of Prajāpati and list the two couples described in this passage.
The story this chapter belongs to.
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 3.21's connections
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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