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Canto 4 · The Creation of the Fourth Order · 31 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 4 · Chapter 13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja

4.13.15-16 4.13.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.13.17

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.13.6inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

उल्मुकोऽजनयत्पुत्रान्पुष्करिण्यां षडुत्तमान् ।

अङ्गं सुमनसं ख्यातिं क्रतुमङ्गिरसं गयम् ॥ १७ ॥

ulmuko ’janayat putrān

puṣkariṇyāṁ ṣaḍ uttamān

aṅgaṁ sumanasaṁ khyātiṁ

kratum aṅgirasaṁ gayam

Translation

Of the twelve sons, Ulmuka begot six sons in his wife Puṣkariṇī. They were all very good sons, and their names were Aṅga, Sumanā, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgirā and Gaya.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ulmuka’s Six Very Good Sons

1
Ulmuka was one of the twelve sons.
2
He and his wife, Puṣkariṇī, had six sons, all described as very good.
3
Their names were Aṅga, Sumanā, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgirā and Gaya.

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