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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.28.30
तस्यां स जनयां चक्र आत्मजामसितेक्षणाम् ।
यवीयस: सप्त सुतान् सप्त द्रविडभूभृत: ॥ ३० ॥
tasyāṁ sa janayāṁ cakra
ātmajām asitekṣaṇām
yavīyasaḥ sapta sutān
sapta draviḍa-bhūbhṛtaḥ
King Malayadhvaja fathered one daughter, who had very black eyes. He also had seven sons, who later became rulers of that tract of land known as Draviḍa. Thus there were seven kings in that land.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Malayadhvaja’s daughter figuratively represents devotional service, with her eyes always fixed on Kṛṣṇa. A devotee has no vision in life other than Kṛṣṇa.
The seven sons represent hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, offering prayers, rendering loving service and serving the Lord’s lotus feet. These powerful processes are especially important for beginners.
Friendship with the Lord and surrendering everything belong to developed, spontaneous devotional service. Successful practice of the preliminary seven processes prepares one for that stage.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Purañjana’s city falls; he becomes a woman, and a brāhmaṇa recalls the soul’s forgotten spiritual friendship.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.28Learn the Sanskrit words of the 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 4.28
In this verse: “king”, “rulers”
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 4.28
In this verse: “devotional service”, “devotee”, “worshiping”
Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting
Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 4.28
In this verse: “chanting”, “hearing”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which preliminary process of devotional service can I practice more steadily?
Spend five minutes hearing or chanting about Kṛṣṇa today.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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