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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 5: The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection
8.5.68.5.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.5.7

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.5.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

षष्ठश्च चक्षुष: पुत्रश्चाक्षुषो नाम वै मनु: ।

पूरुपूरुषसुद्युम्नप्रमुखाश्चाक्षुषात्मजा: ॥ ७ ॥

ṣaṣṭhaś ca cakṣuṣaḥ putraś

cākṣuṣo nāma vai manuḥ

pūru-pūruṣa-sudyumna-

pramukhāś cākṣuṣātmajāḥ

Translation

The son of Cakṣu known as Cākṣuṣa was the sixth Manu. He had many sons, headed by Pūru, Pūruṣa and Sudyumna.

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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.

Cākṣuṣa Becomes the Sixth Manu

  1. 1

    Cākṣuṣa was the sixth Manu.

  2. 2

    He was the son of Cakṣu.

  3. 3

    He had many sons, headed by Pūru, Pūruṣa and Sudyumna.

How it feels

Danger and ambition → Divine rescue and surprise. Cooperation, rivalry and revelation alternate rapidly.

Chapters 5–12 of Canto 8: Churning the ocean, poison and nectar. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 5: The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Among the sons of the sixth Manu were Pūru, Pūruṣa and Sudyumna. During the reign of this Manu, Mantradruma was Indra, the King of the heavenly planets.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.5
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. ṣaṣṭhaḥthe sixth
  2. caand
  3. cakṣuṣaḥof Cakṣu
  4. putraḥthe son
  5. cākṣuṣaḥCākṣuṣa
  6. nāmanamed
  7. vaiindeed
  8. manuḥManu
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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 family relationships in this verse can you recall clearly?

Practice

Write a short family outline showing Cakṣu, Cākṣuṣa and Cākṣuṣa’s three named sons.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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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 8.5's connections

Live this todayCākṣuṣa Becomes the Sixth ManuThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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