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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 4.13.15-16

Who is speaking and story frame

स चक्षु: सुतमाकूत्यां पत्‍न्यां मनुमवाप ह ।

मनोरसूत महिषी विरजान्नड्‌वला सुतान् ॥ १५ ॥

पुरुं कुत्सं त्रितं द्युम्नं सत्यवन्तमृतं व्रतम् ।

अग्निष्टोममतीरात्रं प्रद्युम्नं शिबिमुल्मुकम् ॥ १६ ॥

sa cakṣuḥ sutam ākūtyāṁ

patnyāṁ manum avāpa ha

manor asūta mahiṣī

virajān naḍvalā sutān

puruṁ kutsaṁ tritaṁ dyumnaṁ

satyavantam ṛtaṁ vratam

agniṣṭomam atīrātraṁ

pradyumnaṁ śibim ulmukam

Translation

Sarvatejā’s wife, Ākūti, gave birth to a son named Cākṣuṣa, who became the sixth Manu at the end of the Manu millennium. Naḍvalā, the wife of Cākṣuṣa Manu, gave birth to the following faultless sons: Puru, Kutsa, Trita, Dyumna, Satyavān, Ṛta, Vrata, Agniṣṭoma, Atīrātra, Pradyumna, Śibi and Ulmuka.

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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.

Cākṣuṣa Manu and His Faultless Sons

  1. 1

    Sarvatejā’s wife, Ākūti, gave birth to Cākṣuṣa. He became the sixth Manu at the end of the Manu millennium.

  2. 2

    Cākṣuṣa Manu’s wife was Naḍvalā. Their sons are described as faultless.

  3. 3

    Their twelve sons were Puru, Kutsa, Trita, Dyumna, Satyavān, Ṛta, Vrata, Agniṣṭoma, Atīrātra, Pradyumna, Śibi and Ulmuka.

How it feels

Anger and disorder → Duty and devotion. Kingship shifts from domination to stewardship and renunciation.

Chapters 13–23 of Canto 4: Vena and Pṛthu: power, the Earth and stewardship. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja

Dhruva’s descendants are described, followed by an account of a sonless king and the cruel boy Vena.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saḥhe (Sarvatejā)
  2. cakṣuḥnamed Cakṣuḥ
  3. sutamson
  4. ākūtyāmin Ākūti
  5. patnyāmwife
  6. manumCākṣuṣa Manu
  7. avāpaobtained
  8. haindeed
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Visarga · Subcreation

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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 do I remember about Cākṣuṣa’s position and the description of his sons?

Practice

Write one sentence identifying Cākṣuṣa’s parents, his position as Manu and his wife.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayCākṣuṣa Manu and His Faultless SonsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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