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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
4.1.84.1.10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.1.9

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
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

प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ मनुपुत्रौ महौजसौ ।

तत्पुत्रपौत्रनप्तृणामनुवृत्तं तदन्तरम् ॥ ९ ॥

priyavratottānapādau

manu-putrau mahaujasau

tat-putra-pautra-naptṝṇām

anuvṛttaṁ tad-antaram

Translation

Svāyambhuva Manu’s two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, became very powerful kings, and their sons and grandsons spread all over the three worlds during that period.

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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.

Manu’s Sons and Their Widespread Descendants

  1. 1

    Svāyambhuva Manu’s two sons were Priyavrata and Uttānapāda.

  2. 2

    Both sons became very powerful kings.

  3. 3

    Their sons and grandsons spread throughout the three worlds during that period.

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. priyavrataPriyavrata
  2. uttānapādauUttānapāda
  3. manu-putrausons of Manu
  4. mahā-ojasauvery great, powerful
  5. tattheir
  6. putrasons
  7. pautragrandsons
  8. naptṝṇāmgrandsons from the daughter
  9. anuvṛttamfollowing
  10. tat-antaramin that Manu’s period
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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: “kings”

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

How does this verse help me keep track of Svāyambhuva Manu’s family?

Practice

Write Svāyambhuva Manu’s name and draw two branches labeled Priyavrata and Uttānapāda.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 4.1's connections

Live this todayManu’s Sons and Their Widespread DescendantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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