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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
4.1.74.1.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.8

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.1.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

तुषिता नाम ते देवा आसन्स्वायम्भुवान्तरे ।

मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषयो यज्ञ: सुरगणेश्वर: ॥ ८ ॥

tuṣitā nāma te devā

āsan svāyambhuvāntare

marīci-miśrā ṛṣayo

yajñaḥ sura-gaṇeśvaraḥ

Translation

During the time of Svāyambhuva Manu, these sons all became the demigods collectively named the Tuṣitas. Marīci became the head of the seven ṛṣis, and Yajña became the king of the demigods, Indra.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Expand Creation Under the Lord’s Order

  1. 1

    During Svāyambhuva Manu’s time, these sons became the demigods called the Tuṣitas. Marīci headed the seven ṛṣis.

  2. 2

    Yajña, an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became Indra, the king of the demigods.

  3. 3

    The purport names six groups: manus, devas, manu-putras, aṁśāvatāras, sureśvaras and ṛṣis. They expanded their descendants to fulfill the Lord’s order to populate the universe.

Key points from the purport
  • During the life of Svāyambhuva Manu, six kinds of living entities were generated from the demigods known as the Tuṣitas, from the sages headed by Marīci, and from descendants of Yajña, king of the demigods, and all of them expanded their progeny to observe the order of the Lord to fill the universe with living entities.
  • These six kinds of living entities are known as manus, devas, manu-putras, aṁśāvatāras, sureśvaras and ṛṣis.
  • Yajña, being the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became the leader of the demigods, Indra.

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. tuṣitāḥthe category of the Tuṣitas
  2. nāmaof the name
  3. teall of them
  4. devāḥdemigods
  5. āsanbecame
  6. svāyambhuvathe name of the Manu
  7. antareat that period
  8. marīci-miśrāḥheaded by Marīci
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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

  • 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

What can I learn from these beings carrying out their responsibilities under the Lord’s order?

Practice

Write a brief reminder that responsibilities are meant to be carried out in obedience to the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayExpand Creation Under the Lord’s OrderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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