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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?
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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

8.13.23 8.13.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.13.24

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

मनुर्वै धर्मसावर्णिरेकादशम आत्मवान् ।

अनागतास्तत्सुताश्च सत्यधर्मादयो दश ॥ २४ ॥

manur vai dharma-sāvarṇir

ekādaśama ātmavān

anāgatās tat-sutāś ca

satyadharmādayo daśa

Translation

In the eleventh manvantara, the Manu will be Dharma-sāvarṇi, who will be extremely learned in spiritual knowledge. From him there will come ten sons, headed by Satyadharma.

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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.

Dharma-sāvarṇi Will Be Spiritually Learned

1
Dharma-sāvarṇi will be the Manu in the eleventh manvantara.
2
He will be extremely learned in spiritual knowledge.
3
He will have ten sons, headed by Satyadharma.

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

Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In the period of the eleventh Manu, the Manu is Dharma-sāvarṇi, who has ten sons, headed by Satyadharma. Among the demigods are the Vihaṅgamas, Indra is known as Vaidhṛta, and the seven sages are Aruṇa and others.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.13

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

manuḥthe Manu
vaiindeed
dharma-sāvarṇiḥDharma-sāvarṇi
ekādaśamaḥeleventh
ātmavānthe controller of the senses
anāgatāḥwill come in the future
tathis
sutāḥsons

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
Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct
Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 8.13
In this verse: “dharma-sāvarṇi”
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 8.13
In this verse: “knowledge”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How much importance do I give to learning spiritual knowledge?

Practice

Spend two attentive minutes studying this translation, noting Dharma-sāvarṇi’s spiritual learning.

Live this todayDharma-sāvarṇi Will Be Spiritually LearnedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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