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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
4.1.634.1.65

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.64

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

तेभ्यो दधार कन्ये द्वे वयुनां धारिणीं स्वधा ।

उभे ते ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगे ॥ ६४ ॥

tebhyo dadhāra kanye dve

vayunāṁ dhāriṇīṁ svadhā

ubhe te brahma-vādinyau

jñāna-vijñāna-pārage

Translation

Svadhā, who was offered to the Pitās, begot two daughters named Vayunā and Dhāriṇī, both of whom were impersonalists and were expert in transcendental and Vedic knowledge.

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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’s Daughters Were Expert in Knowledge

  1. 1

    Svadhā, who was offered to the Pitās, bore two daughters.

  2. 2

    Their names were Vayunā and Dhāriṇī, and both were impersonalists.

  3. 3

    Both daughters were expert in transcendental and Vedic knowledge.

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. tebhyaḥfrom them
  2. dadhāraproduced
  3. kanyedaughters
  4. dvetwo
  5. vayunāmVayunā
  6. dhāriṇīmDhāriṇī
  7. svadhāSvadhā
  8. ubheboth of 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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 4.1

    In this verse: “knowledge”

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

Which qualities of Vayunā and Dhāriṇī does the verse especially record?

Practice

Write the two daughters’ names beside the kinds of knowledge in which they were expert.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySvadhā’s Daughters Were Expert in KnowledgeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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