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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 8 · Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus
8.13.18.13.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 8.13.2-3

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.13.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इक्ष्वाकुर्नभगश्चैव धृष्ट: शर्यातिरेव च ।

नरिष्यन्तोऽथ नाभाग: सप्तमो दिष्ट उच्यते ॥ २ ॥

तरूषश्च पृषध्रश्च दशमो वसुमान्स्मृत: ।

मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यैते दशपुत्रा: परन्तप ॥ ३ ॥

ikṣvākur nabhagaś caiva

dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātir eva ca

nariṣyanto ’tha nābhāgaḥ

saptamo diṣṭa ucyate

tarūṣaś ca pṛṣadhraś ca

daśamo vasumān smṛtaḥ

manor vaivasvatasyaite

daśa-putrāḥ parantapa

Translation

O King Parīkṣit, among the ten sons of Manu are Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta and Nābhāga. The seventh son is known as Diṣṭa. Then come Tarūṣa and Pṛṣadhra, and the tenth son is known as Vasumān.

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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 Ten Sons of Manu

  1. 1

    Among Manu’s ten sons are Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta and Nābhāga.

  2. 2

    The seventh son is Diṣṭa. Then come Tarūṣa and Pṛṣadhra.

  3. 3

    The tenth son is Vasumān. These names are given to King Parīkṣit.

How it feels

Uncertainty → Cosmic order. The narrative resets the frame to cyclical cosmic governance.

Chapters 13–14 of Canto 8: Manus and universal management. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He has ten sons, named Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga, Diṣṭa, Tarūṣa, Pṛṣadhra and Vasumān. In this manvantara, or reign of Manu, among the demigods are the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Viśvedevas, Maruts, Aśvinī-kumāras and Ṛbhus.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. ikṣvākuḥIkṣvāku
  2. nabhagaḥNabhaga
  3. caalso
  4. evaindeed
  5. dhṛṣṭaḥDhṛṣṭa
  6. śaryātiḥŚaryāti
  7. evacertainly
  8. caalso
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 8.13

    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

Am I noticing the distinction between the names Nabhaga and Nābhāga?

Practice

Write down the ten sons’ names once, keeping their diacritic spellings.

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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 8.13's connections

Live this todayThe Ten Sons of ManuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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