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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 4 · Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting
4.11.344.12.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.11.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Manusince 4.11.16inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

एवं स्वायम्भुव: पौत्रमनुशास्य मनुर्ध्रुवम् ।

तेनाभिवन्दित: साकमृषिभि: स्वपुरं ययौ ॥ ३५ ॥

evaṁ svāyambhuvaḥ pautram

anuśāsya manur dhruvam

tenābhivanditaḥ sākam

ṛṣibhiḥ sva-puraṁ yayau

Translation

Thus Svāyambhuva Manu, after giving instruction to Dhruva Mahārāja, his grandson, received respectful obeisances from him. Then Lord Manu and the great sages went back to their respective homes.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Receive Instruction With Respect

  1. 1

    Svāyambhuva Manu gave instruction to his grandson, Dhruva Mahārāja.

  2. 2

    Dhruva Mahārāja offered respectful obeisances to Manu after receiving his instruction.

  3. 3

    After this respectful exchange, Manu and the great sages returned to their respective homes.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Eleventh Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting.”

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

Rejection → Transformed aspiration. A child's wounded pride is purified by divine encounter.

Chapters 8–12 of Canto 4: Dhruva seeks and encounters the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

Svāyambhuva Manu urges Dhruva to stop killing innocent Yakṣas and turn his attention to the Supreme Lord.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.11
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. evamthus
  2. svāyambhuvaḥLord Svāyambhuva Manu
  3. pautramto his grandson
  4. anuśāsyaafter giving instruction
  5. manuḥLord Manu
  6. dhruvamto Dhruva Mahārāja
  7. tenaby him
  8. abhivanditaḥbeing offered obeisances to
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

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 do I show respect when someone offers me helpful instruction?

Practice

Thank someone today for helpful guidance you have received.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayReceive Instruction With RespectThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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