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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?
  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
4.1.594.1.61

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.60

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.1.58inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

स्वाहाभिमानिनश्चाग्नेरात्मजांस्त्रीनजीजनत् ।

पावकं पवमानं च शुचिं च हुतभोजनम् ॥ ६० ॥

svāhābhimāninaś cāgner

ātmajāṁs trīn ajījanat

pāvakaṁ pavamānaṁ ca

śuciṁ ca huta-bhojanam

Translation

The predominating deity of fire begot in his wife, Svāhā, three children, named Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci, who exist by eating the oblations offered to the fire of sacrifice.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Accepting Offerings on Behalf of the Demigods

  1. 1

    Svāhā, the fourteenth daughter of Dakṣa, was the wife of Agni, the predominating deity of fire.

  2. 2

    Their three sons were Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci. They live by accepting oblations offered in the sacrificial fire.

  3. 3

    These offerings are meant for the demigods. The three sons accept them on the demigods’ behalf.

Key points from the purport
  • After describing the descendants of the thirteen wives of Dharma, who were all daughters of Dakṣa, Maitreya now describes the fourteenth daughter of Dakṣa, Svāhā, and her three sons.
  • Oblations offered in the sacrificial fire are meant for the demigods, and on behalf of the demigods the three sons of Agni and Svāhā, namely Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci, accept the oblations.

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. svāhāSvāhā, the wife of Agni
  2. abhimāninaḥthe presiding deity of fire
  3. caand
  4. agneḥfrom Agni
  5. ātmajānsons
  6. trīnthree
  7. ajījanatproduced
  8. pāvakamPāvaka
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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: “children”

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

What distinction does this verse make between those who accept offerings and those for whom they are intended?

Practice

Write down the three sons’ names and note whose behalf they accept offerings on.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAccepting Offerings on Behalf of the DemigodsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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