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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 24: The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
3.24.133.24.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.24.14

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 3.24.12inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

इमा दुहितर: सत्यस्तव वत्स सुमध्यमा: ।

सर्गमेतं प्रभावै: स्वैर्बृंहयिष्यन्त्यनेकधा ॥ १४ ॥

imā duhitaraḥ satyas

tava vatsa sumadhyamāḥ

sargam etaṁ prabhāvaiḥ svair

bṛṁhayiṣyanty anekadhā

Translation

Lord Brahmā then praised Kardama Muni’s nine daughters, saying: All your thin-waisted daughters are certainly very chaste. I am sure they will increase this creation by their own descendants in various ways.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Brahmā Welcomes the Daughters’ Future Contribution

  1. 1

    Brahmā praised Kardama Muni’s nine daughters as chaste. He was happy to see them.

  2. 2

    At the beginning of creation, Brahmā was concerned with increasing the population. He hoped their descendants would help carry forward the creative work of the material world.

  3. 3

    The purport explains sumadhyamā as “a good daughter of a beautiful woman.” All nine daughters shared the same beautiful features.

Key points from the purport
  • In the beginning of creation, Brahmā was concerned more or less with increasing the population, and when he saw that Kardama Muni had already begotten nine nice daughters, he was hopeful that through the daughters many children would come who would take charge of the creative principle of the material world.
  • If she has a thin waist, a woman is considered very beautiful.
  • All the daughters of Kardama Muni were of the same beautiful feature.

Śrīla Prabhupāda'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

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 24: The Renunciation of Kardama Muni

Kapila appears as Devahūti’s son, the daughters marry, and Kardama renounces family life with the Lord’s permission.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. imāḥthese
  2. duhitaraḥdaughters
  3. satyaḥchaste
  4. tavayour
  5. vatsaO my dear son
  6. su-madhyamāḥthin-waisted
  7. sargamcreation
  8. etamthis
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.24

    In this verse: “material”

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

Do I notice the good qualities and future contributions of others?

Practice

Offer one sincere word of appreciation for a good quality in a family member.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayBrahmā Welcomes the Daughters’ Future ContributionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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