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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
4.1.624.1.64

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.63

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

अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषद: सौम्या: पितर आज्यपा: ।

साग्नयोऽनग्नयस्तेषां पत्नी दाक्षायणी स्वधा ॥ ६३ ॥

agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ

saumyāḥ pitara ājyapāḥ

sāgnayo ’nagnayas teṣāṁ

patnī dākṣāyaṇī svadhā

Translation

The Agniṣvāttas, the Barhiṣadas, the Saumyas and the Ājyapas are the Pitās. They are either sāgnika or niragnika. The wife of all these Pitās is Svadhā, who is the daughter of King 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.

Svadhā and the Pitās

  1. 1

    The Agniṣvāttas, Barhiṣadas, Saumyas and Ājyapas are the Pitās.

  2. 2

    These Pitās are classified as either sāgnika or niragnika.

  3. 3

    Svadhā, the daughter of King Dakṣa, is the wife of all these Pitās.

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. agniṣvāttāḥthe Agniṣvāttas
  2. barhiṣadaḥthe Barhiṣadas
  3. saumyāḥthe Saumyas
  4. pitaraḥthe forefathers
  5. ājyapāḥthe Ājyapas
  6. sa-agnayaḥthose whose means is by fire
  7. anagnayaḥthose whose means is without fire
  8. teṣāmof them
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.1

    In this verse: “king”

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

Can I distinguish the groups of Pitās from their two classifications?

Practice

Write a short note listing the four groups of Pitās and their relationship to Svadhā.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySvadhā and the PitāsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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