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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
8.13.88.13.10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.13.9

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.13.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तृतीयां वडवामेके तासां संज्ञासुतास्त्रय: ।

यमो यमी श्राद्धदेवश्छायायाश्च सुताञ्छृणु ॥ ९ ॥

tṛtīyāṁ vaḍavām eke

tāsāṁ saṁjñā-sutās trayaḥ

yamo yamī śrāddhadevaś

chāyāyāś ca sutāñ chṛṇu

Translation

It is said that the sun-god had a third wife, named Vaḍavā. Of the three wives, the wife named Saṁjñā had three children — Yama, Yamī and Śrāddhadeva. Now let me describe the children of Chāyā.

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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.

Saṁjñā’s Children and the Sun-God’s Wives

  1. 1

    It is said that the sun-god had a third wife named Vaḍavā.

  2. 2

    Saṁjñā had three children: Yama, Yamī and Śrāddhadeva.

  3. 3

    The account next turns to the children of Chāyā.

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 seventh Manu, who is the son of Vivasvān, is known as Śrāddhadeva. He has ten sons, named Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga, Diṣṭa, Tarūṣa, Pṛṣadhra and Vasumān.
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. tṛtīyāmthe third wife
  2. vaḍavāmVaḍavā
  3. ekesome people
  4. tāsāmof all three wives
  5. saṁjñā-sutāḥ trayaḥthree issues of Saṁjñā
  6. yamaḥone son named Yama
  7. yamīYamī, a daughter
  8. śrāddhadevaḥŚrāddhadeva, another son
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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 8.13

    In this verse: “children”

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

Can I identify Saṁjñā’s three children without confusing them with Chāyā’s?

Practice

Write Saṁjñā’s name with the names of her three children beneath it.

Live this todaySaṁjñā’s Children and the Sun-God’s WivesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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