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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
4.1.614.1.63

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.62

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
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

वैतानिके कर्मणि यन्नामभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभि: ।

आग्नेय्य इष्टयो यज्ञे निरूप्यन्तेऽग्नयस्तु ते ॥ ६२ ॥

vaitānike karmaṇi yan-

nāmabhir brahma-vādibhiḥ

āgneyya iṣṭayo yajñe

nirūpyante ’gnayas tu te

Translation

These forty-nine fire-gods are the beneficiaries of the oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire by impersonalist brāhmaṇas.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recipients of Vedic Sacrificial Offerings

  1. 1

    The forty-nine fire-gods receive oblations offered in the Vedic sacrificial fire.

  2. 2

    Impersonalist brāhmaṇas perform these Vedic fruitive sacrifices.

  3. 3

    Attracted to the various fire-gods, these worshipers offer oblations in their names.

Key points from the purport
  • Impersonalists who perform Vedic fruitive sacrifices are attracted to the various fire-gods and offer oblations in their name.

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. vaitānikeoffering of oblations
  2. karmaṇithe activity
  3. yatof the fire-gods
  4. nāmabhiḥby the names
  5. brahma-vādibhiḥby impersonalist brāhmaṇas
  6. āgneyyaḥfor Agni
  7. iṣṭayaḥsacrifices
  8. yajñein the sacrifice
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 4.1

    In this verse: “worshipers”

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 does this passage show about the connection between the worshipers’ attraction and their offerings?

Practice

Reread the verse and identify the worshipers, their activity and the recipients.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRecipients of Vedic Sacrificial OfferingsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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