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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.18.12-13

Who is speaking and story frame

हिरण्यकशिपोर्भार्या कयाधुर्नाम दानवी ।

जम्भस्य तनया सा तु सुषुवे चतुर: सुतान् ॥ १२ ॥

संह्रादं प्रागनुह्रादं ह्रादं प्रह्रादमेव च ।

तत्स्वसा सिंहिका नाम राहुं विप्रचितोऽग्रहीत् ॥ १३ ॥

hiraṇyakaśipor bhāryā

kayādhur nāma dānavī

jambhasya tanayā sā tu

suṣuve caturaḥ sutān

saṁhrādaṁ prāg anuhrādaṁ

hrādaṁ prahrādam eva ca

tat-svasā siṁhikā nāma

rāhuṁ vipracito ’grahīt

Translation

The wife of Hiraṇyakaśipu was known as Kayādhu. She was the daughter of Jambha and a descendant of Danu. She gave birth to four consecutive sons, known as Saṁhlāda, Anuhlāda, Hlāda and Prahlāda. The sister of these four sons was known as Siṁhikā. She married the demon named Vipracit and gave birth to another demon, named Rāhu.

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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.

The Family of Hiraṇyakaśipu

  1. 1

    Hiraṇyakaśipu’s wife, Kayādhu, was the daughter of Jambha and a descendant of Danu.

  2. 2

    Kayādhu gave birth to four sons: Saṁhlāda, Anuhlāda, Hlāda and Prahlāda.

  3. 3

    Their sister, Siṁhikā, married Vipracit and gave birth to Rāhu.

How it feels

Resentment and resolve → Constraint and consequence. Family conflict frames a test of intention.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 6: Diti's vow and discipline. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Hiraṇyakaśipu and his wife, whose name was Kayādhu, had four sons — Saṁhlāda, Anuhlāda, Hlāda and Prahlāda. They also had one daughter, whose name was Siṁhikā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. hiraṇyakaśipoḥof Hiraṇyakaśipu
  2. bhāryāthe wife
  3. kayādhuḥKayādhu
  4. nāmanamed
  5. dānavīdescendant of Danu
  6. jambhasyaof Jambha
  7. tanayādaughter
  8. sāshe
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Key ideas in this 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

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

Can I distinguish the family relationships described in this passage?

Practice

Draw a small family tree using the names and relationships in this translation.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Live this todayThe Family of HiraṇyakaśipuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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