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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 24: Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva

4.24.7 4.24.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.24.8

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.24.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

हविर्धानाद्धविर्धानी विदुरासूत षट्‌सुतान् ।

बर्हिषदं गयं शुक्लं कृष्णं सत्यं जितव्रतम् ॥ ८ ॥

havirdhānād dhavirdhānī

vidurāsūta ṣaṭ sutān

barhiṣadaṁ gayaṁ śuklaṁ

kṛṣṇaṁ satyaṁ jitavratam

Translation

Havirdhāna, the son of Mahārāja Antardhāna, had a wife named Havirdhānī, who gave birth to six sons, named Barhiṣat, Gaya, Śukla, Kṛṣṇa, Satya and Jitavrata.

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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.

Remembering Havirdhāna’s Family

1
Havirdhāna was the son of Mahārāja Antardhāna.
2
His wife, Havirdhānī, gave birth to six sons.
3
Their sons were Barhiṣat, Gaya, Śukla, Kṛṣṇa, Satya and Jitavrata.

How it feels

Worldly absorption → Sobering awareness. The mind's identification with material life becomes visible.

Chapters 24–29 of Canto 4: Śiva's song and the allegory of Purañjana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc