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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
4.1.374.1.39

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.38

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The three deitiessince 4.1.30inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

पुलहस्य गतिर्भार्या त्रीनसूत सती सुतान् ।

कर्मश्रेष्ठं वरीयांसं सहिष्णुं च महामते ॥ ३८ ॥

pulahasya gatir bhāryā

trīn asūta satī sutān

karmaśreṣṭhaṁ varīyāṁsaṁ

sahiṣṇuṁ ca mahā-mate

Translation

Gati, the wife of the sage Pulaha, gave birth to three sons, named Karmaśreṣṭha, Varīyān and Sahiṣṇu, and all of them were great sages.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Gati’s Faithfulness and Her Saintly Sons

  1. 1

    Gati, the wife of Pulaha, was the fifth daughter of Kardama Muni.

  2. 2

    She was very faithful to her husband.

  3. 3

    Her sons were Karmaśreṣṭha, Varīyān and Sahiṣṇu. All were great sages and were as good as their father.

Key points from the purport
  • Gati, the wife of Pulaha, was the fifth daughter of Kardama Muni.
  • She was very faithful to her husband, and all her sons were as good as he.

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

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. pulahasyaof Pulaha
  2. gatiḥGati
  3. bhāryāwife
  4. trīnthree
  5. asūtagave birth
  6. satīchaste
  7. sutānsons
  8. karma-śreṣṭhamvery expert in fruitive activities
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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 4.1

    In this verse: “father”

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 I be more faithful in fulfilling a family responsibility?

Practice

Carry out one small family responsibility today with care and faithfulness.

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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 todayGati’s Faithfulness and Her Saintly SonsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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