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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
6.18.26.18.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.18.3-4

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

धातु: कुहू: सिनीवाली राका चानुमतिस्तथा ।

सायं दर्शमथ प्रात: पूर्णमासमनुक्रमात् ॥ ३ ॥

अग्नीन् पुरीष्यानाधत्त क्रियायां समनन्तर: ।

चर्षणी वरुणस्यासीद्यस्यां जातो भृगु: पुन: ॥ ४ ॥

dhātuḥ kuhūḥ sinīvālī

rākā cānumatis tathā

sāyaṁ darśam atha prātaḥ

pūrṇamāsam anukramāt

agnīn purīṣyān ādhatta

kriyāyāṁ samanantaraḥ

carṣaṇī varuṇasyāsīd

yasyāṁ jāto bhṛguḥ punaḥ

Translation

Dhātā, the seventh son of Aditi, had four wives, named Kuhū, Sinīvālī, Rākā and Anumati. These wives begot four sons, named Sāyam, Darśa, Prātaḥ and Pūrṇamāsa respectively. The wife of Vidhātā, the eighth son of Aditi, was named Kriyā. In her Vidhātā begot the five fire-gods named the Purīṣyas. The wife of Varuṇa, the ninth son of Aditi, was named Carṣaṇī. Bhṛgu, the son of Brahmā, took birth again in her womb.

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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.

Three Sons of Aditi and Their Families

  1. 1

    Dhātā, Aditi’s seventh son, married Kuhū, Sinīvālī, Rākā and Anumati. Their sons were Sāyam, Darśa, Prātaḥ and Pūrṇamāsa, respectively.

  2. 2

    Vidhātā, Aditi’s eighth son, married Kriyā. Their children were the five fire-gods called the Purīṣyas.

  3. 3

    Varuṇa, Aditi’s ninth son, married Carṣaṇī. Bhṛgu, the son of Brahmā, took birth again in her womb.

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:

Dhātā had four wives — Kuhū, Sinīvālī, Rākā and Anumati — who had four sons, named Sāyam, Darśa, Prātaḥ and Pūrṇamāsa respectively. Kriyā, the wife of Vidhātā, gave birth to the five Purīṣyas, who are representatives of five kinds of fire-gods.
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. dhātuḥof Dhātā
  2. kuhūḥKuhū
  3. sinīvālīSinīvālī
  4. rākāRākā
  5. caand
  6. anumatiḥAnumati
  7. tathāalso
  8. sāyamSāyam
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “children”

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

What does this passage tell me about Bhṛgu’s birth?

Practice

Make three short family entries for Dhātā, Vidhātā and Varuṇa using this passage.

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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 todayThree Sons of Aditi and Their FamiliesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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