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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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
4.1.46-474.1.49-52

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.48

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

तस्यां ससर्ज दुहितृ: षोडशामललोचना: ।

त्रयोदशादाद्धर्माय तथैकामग्नये विभु: ॥ ४८ ॥

tasyāṁ sasarja duhitṝḥ

ṣoḍaśāmala-locanāḥ

trayodaśādād dharmāya

tathaikām agnaye vibhuḥ

Translation

Dakṣa begot sixteen very beautiful daughters with lotuslike eyes in his wife Prasūti. Of these sixteen daughters, thirteen were given in marriage to Dharma, and one daughter was given to Agni.

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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.

Dakṣa and Prasūti’s Sixteen Daughters

  1. 1

    Dakṣa and his wife Prasūti had sixteen daughters.

  2. 2

    Their daughters were very beautiful and had lotuslike eyes.

  3. 3

    Thirteen daughters were given in marriage to Dharma, and one daughter was given to Agni.

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. tasyāmunto her
  2. sasarjacreated
  3. duhitṝḥdaughters
  4. ṣoḍaśasixteen
  5. amala-locanāḥwith lotuslike eyes
  6. trayodaśathirteen
  7. adātgave
  8. dharmāyato Dharma
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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

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 4.1

    In this verse: “dharma”

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 many of the sixteen daughters’ marriages are described in this verse?

Practice

Make a brief family note recording sixteen daughters, thirteen married to Dharma and one to Agni.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDakṣa and Prasūti’s Sixteen DaughtersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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