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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 4 · Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu
4.1.94.1.11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.10

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.1.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

देवहूतिमदात्तात कर्दमायात्मजां मनु: ।

तत्सम्बन्धि श्रुतप्रायं भवता गदतो मम ॥ १० ॥

devahūtim adāt tāta

kardamāyātmajāṁ manuḥ

tat-sambandhi śruta-prāyaṁ

bhavatā gadato mama

Translation

My dear son, Svāyambhuva Manu handed over his very dear daughter Devahūti to Kardama Muni. I have already spoken to you about them, and you have heard about them almost in full.

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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.

Remembering Devahūti and Kardama Muni

  1. 1

    Devahūti was Svāyambhuva Manu’s very dear daughter.

  2. 2

    Svāyambhuva Manu gave Devahūti in marriage to Kardama Muni.

  3. 3

    The speaker reminds his listener that he has already spoken about them. Their account has been heard almost in full.

How it feels

Humiliation and anger → Reconciliation. Relational offense leads to grief and destruction before restoration.

Chapters 1–7 of Canto 4: Dakṣa, Satī and Śiva. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu

Maitreya describes the descendants of Manu’s daughters and the blessings received by Atri Muni.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. devahūtimDevahūti
  2. adāthanded over
  3. tātamy dear son
  4. kardamāyaunto the great sage Kardama
  5. ātmajāmdaughter
  6. manuḥLord Svāyambhuva Manu
  7. tat-sambandhiin that connection
  8. śruta-prāyamheard almost in full
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 4.1

    In this verse: “heard”

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

How can briefly reviewing what I have heard help me follow this family history?

Practice

Add Devahūti and her husband, Kardama Muni, to your written family notes.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

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 4.1's connections

Live this todayRemembering Devahūti and Kardama MuniThis 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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