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Canto 6 · Prescribed Duties for Mankind · 19 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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

6.18.47 6.18.49

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.48

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Kaśyapa Munisince 6.18.48inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नाप्सु स्‍नायान्न कुप्येत न सम्भाषेत दुर्जनै: ।

न वसीताधौतवास: स्रजं च विधृतां क्‍वचित् ॥ ४८ ॥

nāpsu snāyān na kupyeta

na sambhāṣeta durjanaiḥ

na vasītādhauta-vāsaḥ

srajaṁ ca vidhṛtāṁ kvacit

Translation

Kaśyapa Muni continued: My dear gentle wife, never enter the water while bathing, never be angry, and do not even speak or associate with wicked people. Never wear clothes that have not been properly washed, and do not put on a garland that has already been worn.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Restrain Anger and Maintain Cleanliness

1
As part of the vow, Kaśyapa Muni told Diti never to be angry. He also forbade speaking or associating with wicked people.
2
Diti was to wear only properly washed clothing. She was not to put on a garland that had already been worn.
3
Kaśyapa Muni also instructed her never to enter the water while bathing. This was another specific condition of her vow.

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

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

By her service, she enchanted Kaśyapa Muni in order to beg from him a greater son to do this. In corroboration of the Vedic injunction vidvāṁsam api karṣati, Kaśyapa Muni was attracted to his beautiful wife and promised to grant her any request.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.18