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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
6.18.66.18.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.7

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

पौलोम्यामिन्द्र आधत्त त्रीन् पुत्रानिति न: श्रुतम् ।

जयन्तमृषभं तात तृतीयं मीढुषं प्रभु: ॥ ७ ॥

paulomyām indra ādhatta

trīn putrān iti naḥ śrutam

jayantam ṛṣabhaṁ tāta

tṛtīyaṁ mīḍhuṣaṁ prabhuḥ

Translation

O King Parīkṣit, Indra, the King of the heavenly planets and eleventh son of Aditi, begot three sons, named Jayanta, Ṛṣabha and Mīḍhuṣa, in the womb of his wife, Paulomī. Thus we have heard.

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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.

Indra’s Family as Heard

  1. 1

    Indra was the King of the heavenly planets and the eleventh son of Aditi.

  2. 2

    His wife, Paulomī, bore three sons: Jayanta, Ṛṣabha and Mīḍhuṣa.

  3. 3

    The account is presented to King Parīkṣit with the words, “Thus we have heard.”

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:

She gave birth to three sons — Jayanta, Ṛṣabha and Mīḍhuṣa. By His own powers, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Vāmanadeva.
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. paulomyāmin Paulomī (Śacīdevī)
  2. indraḥIndra
  3. ādhattabegot
  4. trīnthree
  5. putrānsons
  6. itithus
  7. naḥby us
  8. śrutamheard
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 6.18

    In this verse: “heard”

  • 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

What do the words “Thus we have heard” tell me about how this account is presented?

Practice

Read the verse aloud once, giving attention to its closing words.

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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 todayIndra’s Family as HeardThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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