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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 5: Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
6.5.246.5.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.5.25

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.5.21inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ते च पित्रा समादिष्टा: प्रजासर्गे धृतव्रता: ।

नारायणसरो जग्मुर्यत्र सिद्धा: स्वपूर्वजा: ॥ २५ ॥

te ca pitrā samādiṣṭāḥ

prajā-sarge dhṛta-vratāḥ

nārāyaṇa-saro jagmur

yatra siddhāḥ sva-pūrvajāḥ

Translation

In accordance with their father’s order to beget children, the second group of sons also went to Nārāyaṇa-saras, the same place where their brothers had previously attained perfection by following the instructions of Nārada. Undertaking great vows of austerity, the Savalāśvas remained at that holy place.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spiritual Education Prepares Us to Choose

  1. 1

    Dakṣa sent the Savalāśvas to Nārāyaṇa-saras, where their older brothers had attained perfection. Despite the possibility that they too would follow Nārada, he allowed them to receive spiritual instruction.

  2. 2

    According to Vedic culture, one should receive training in spiritual understanding as a brahmacārī before entering household life. Spiritual education is an essential responsibility of a father.

  3. 3

    A responsible father should not hinder his sons’ advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. After they advance under the spiritual master’s instructions, he should give them freedom to choose their path.

Key points from the purport
  • Prajāpati Dakṣa sent his second group of sons to the same place where his previous sons had attained perfection.
  • He did not hesitate to send his second group of sons to the same place, although they too might become victims of Nārada’s instructions.
  • Thus Prajāpati Dakṣa sent his second group of sons for cultural improvement, despite the risk that because of the instructions of Nārada they might become as intelligent as their older brothers.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Anger and conflict → Spiritual commitment. Competing understandings of duty create relational tension.

Chapters 4–6 of Canto 6: Dakṣa, Nārada and the consequences of preaching. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 5: Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In those days this was the site of a holy lake named Nārāyaṇa-saras, where there were many saintly persons. The Haryaśvas began practicing austerities, penances and meditation, which are the engagements of the highly exalted renounced order of life.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.5
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tethese sons (the Savalāśvas)
  2. caand
  3. pitrāby their father
  4. samādiṣṭāḥbeing ordered
  5. prajā-sargein increasing progeny or population
  6. dhṛta-vratāḥaccepted vows
  7. nārāyaṇa-saraḥthe holy lake named Nārāyaṇa-saras
  8. jagmuḥwent to
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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 6.5

    In this verse: “father’s”, “children”, “father”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 6.5

    In this verse: “household”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 6.5

    In this verse: “understanding”

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

How can I support spiritual learning without trying to control another person’s choice?

Practice

Take five minutes today to study these spiritual instructions before turning to your household plans.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySpiritual Education Prepares Us to ChooseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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