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  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
8.13.48.13.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.13.5

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

कश्यपोऽत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च विश्वामित्रोऽथ गौतम: ।

जमदग्निर्भरद्वाज इति सप्तर्षय: स्मृता: ॥ ५ ॥

kaśyapo ’trir vasiṣṭhaś ca

viśvāmitro ’tha gautamaḥ

jamadagnir bharadvāja

iti saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadvāja are known as the seven sages.

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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.

Remembering the Seven Sages

  1. 1

    Kaśyapa and Atri are among the seven sages.

  2. 2

    Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra and Gautama are also named among them.

  3. 3

    Jamadagni and Bharadvāja complete the list of seven sages.

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:

The king of heaven, Indra, is known as Purandara, and the seven sages are known as Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadvāja. During this period of Manu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu appears from the womb of Aditi in His incarnation as the son of Kaśyapa.
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. kaśyapaḥKaśyapa
  2. atriḥAtri
  3. vasiṣṭhaḥVasiṣṭha
  4. caand
  5. viśvāmitraḥViśvāmitra
  6. athaas well as
  7. gautamaḥGautama
  8. jamadagniḥJamadagni
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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

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

Which of the seven sages’ names can I recall after reading?

Practice

Read all seven names slowly, then try to recall them without looking.

Live this todayRemembering the Seven SagesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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