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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
4.1.454.1.48

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 4.1.46-47

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

त एते मुनय: क्षत्तर्लोकान्सर्गैरभावयन् ।

एष कर्दमदौहित्रसन्तान: कथितस्तव ॥ ४६ ॥

श‍ृण्वत: श्रद्दधानस्य सद्य: पापहर: पर: ।

प्रसूतिं मानवीं दक्ष उपयेमे ह्यजात्मज: ॥ ४७ ॥

ta ete munayaḥ kṣattar

lokān sargair abhāvayan

eṣa kardama-dauhitra-

santānaḥ kathitas tava

śṛṇvataḥ śraddadhānasya

sadyaḥ pāpa-haraḥ paraḥ

prasūtiṁ mānavīṁ dakṣa

upayeme hy ajātmajaḥ

Translation

My dear Vidura, the population of the universe was thus increased by the descendants of these sages and the daughters of Kardama. Anyone who hears the descriptions of this dynasty with faith will be relieved from all sinful reactions. Another of Manu’s daughters, known as Prasūti, married the son of Brahmā named Dakṣa.

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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.

Hearing the Dynasty with Faith

  1. 1

    The descendants of these sages and the daughters of Kardama increased the population of the universe.

  2. 2

    Anyone who hears the descriptions of this dynasty with faith will be relieved from all sinful reactions.

  3. 3

    Prasūti, another daughter of Manu, married Dakṣa, the son of Brahmā.

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. tethey
  2. eteall
  3. munayaḥgreat sages
  4. kṣattaḥO Vidura
  5. lokānthe three worlds
  6. sargaiḥwith their descendants
  7. abhāvayanfilled
  8. eṣaḥthis
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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

  • Śuddhi · Inner transformation

    The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 4.1

    In this verse: “sinful”

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 you bring greater faith and attention to hearing this account?

Practice

Read this passage aloud once, listening carefully and with faith.

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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 todayHearing the Dynasty with FaithThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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