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  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?
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Canto 4 · Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu
4.1.444.1.46-47

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.45

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

मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डस्य प्राणाद्वेदशिरा मुनि: ।

कविश्च भार्गवो यस्य भगवानुशना सुत: ॥ ४५ ॥

mārkaṇḍeyo mṛkaṇḍasya

prāṇād vedaśirā muniḥ

kaviś ca bhārgavo yasya

bhagavān uśanā sutaḥ

Translation

From Mṛkaṇḍa, Mārkaṇḍeya Muni was born, and from Prāṇa, the sage Vedaśirā, whose son was Uśanā [Śukrācārya], also known as Kavi. Thus Kavi also belonged to the descendants of the Bhṛgu dynasty.

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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.

Sages in the Bhṛgu Dynasty

  1. 1

    Mārkaṇḍeya Muni was born from Mṛkaṇḍa.

  2. 2

    The sage Vedaśirā was born from Prāṇa.

  3. 3

    Vedaśirā’s son was Uśanā, or Śukrācārya, also known as Kavi. Thus Kavi belonged to the descendants of the Bhṛgu dynasty.

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. mārkaṇḍeyaḥMārkaṇḍeya
  2. mṛkaṇḍasyaof Mṛkaṇḍa
  3. prāṇātfrom Prāṇa
  4. vedaśirāḥVedaśirā
  5. muniḥgreat sage
  6. kaviḥ caof the name Kavi
  7. bhārgavaḥof the name Bhārgava
  8. yasyawhose
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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

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

Which names in this verse refer to the same person?

Practice

Write Uśanā, Śukrācārya and Kavi together to remember that they name the same person.

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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 todaySages in the Bhṛgu DynastyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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