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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 4 · Chapter 7: The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
4.7.574.7.59

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.7.58

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.7.58inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

एवं दाक्षायणी हित्वा सती पूर्वकलेवरम् ।

जज्ञे हिमवत: क्षेत्रे मेनायामिति शुश्रुम ॥ ५८ ॥

evaṁ dākṣāyaṇī hitvā

satī pūrva-kalevaram

jajñe himavataḥ kṣetre

menāyām iti śuśruma

Translation

Maitreya said: I have heard that after giving up the body she had received from Dakṣa, Dākṣāyaṇī (his daughter) took her birth in the kingdom of the Himālayas. She was born as the daughter of Menā. I heard this from authoritative sources.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Maitreya Reports What He Authoritatively Heard

  1. 1

    Maitreya said that Dākṣāyaṇī gave up the body she had received from Dakṣa.

  2. 2

    She took birth in the kingdom of the Himālayas as the daughter of Menā. Menā, also called Menakā, is the wife of the king of the Himālayas.

  3. 3

    Maitreya explicitly said that he had heard this account from authoritative sources.

Key points from the purport
  • Menā is also known as Menakā and is the wife of the king of the Himālayas.

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

Humiliation and anger → Reconciliation. Relational offense leads to grief and destruction before restoration.

Chapters 1–7 of Canto 4: Dakṣa, Satī and Śiva. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa

Lord Śiva is pacified, Dakṣa acknowledges his offense, and Lord Viṣṇu accepts the sacrifice.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. evamthus
  2. dākṣāyaṇīthe daughter of Dakṣa
  3. hitvāafter giving up
  4. satīSatī
  5. pūrva-kalevaramher former body
  6. jajñewas born
  7. himavataḥof the Himālayas
  8. kṣetrein the wife
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 4.7

    In this verse: “heard”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.7

    In this verse: “kingdom”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 4.7

    In this verse: “gave up”

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 carefully do I consider the source of what I hear and repeat?

Practice

Before repeating one spiritual teaching today, check the source from which you learned it.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayMaitreya Reports What He Authoritatively HeardThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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