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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 6 · Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
6.18.16.18.3-4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.2

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.18.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सिद्धिर्भगस्य भार्याङ्ग महिमानं विभुं प्रभुम् ।

आशिषं च वरारोहां कन्यां प्रासूत सुव्रताम् ॥ २ ॥

siddhir bhagasya bhāryāṅga

mahimānaṁ vibhuṁ prabhum

āśiṣaṁ ca varārohāṁ

kanyāṁ prāsūta suvratām

Translation

O King, Siddhi, who was the wife of Bhaga, the sixth son of Aditi, bore three sons, named Mahimā, Vibhu and Prabhu, and one extremely beautiful daughter, whose name was Āśī.

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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 Children of Bhaga and Siddhi

  1. 1

    Bhaga was the sixth son of Aditi, and Siddhi was his wife.

  2. 2

    Siddhi bore three sons named Mahimā, Vibhu and Prabhu.

  3. 3

    Their daughter, Āśī, was extremely beautiful.

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:

Siddhi, the wife of Bhaga, had three sons, named Mahimā, Vibhu and Prabhu, and she also had one daughter, whose name was Āśī. Dhātā had four wives — Kuhū, Sinīvālī, Rākā and Anumati — who had four sons, named Sāyam, Darśa, Prātaḥ and Pūrṇamāsa respectively.
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. siddhiḥSiddhi
  2. bhagasyaof Bhaga
  3. bhāryāthe wife
  4. aṅgamy dear King
  5. mahimānamMahimā
  6. vibhumVibhu
  7. prabhumPrabhu
  8. āśiṣamĀśī
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “king”

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 three sons from the daughter in this family?

Practice

Write Bhaga and Siddhi’s names, followed by the names of their four children.

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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.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 6.18's connections

Live this todayThe Children of Bhaga and SiddhiThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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