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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 9 · Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
9.1.99.1.11-12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.1.10

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.1.7inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

मरीचिर्मनसस्तस्य जज्ञे तस्यापि कश्यप: ।

दाक्षायण्यां ततोऽदित्यां विवस्वानभवत् सुत: ॥ १० ॥

marīcir manasas tasya

jajñe tasyāpi kaśyapaḥ

dākṣāyaṇyāṁ tato ’dityāṁ

vivasvān abhavat sutaḥ

Translation

From the mind of Lord Brahmā, Marīci took birth, from the semen of Marīci, Kaśyapa appeared, and from Kaśyapa, by the womb of Dakṣa’s daughter Aditi, Vivasvān took birth.

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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.

Trace the Lineage to Vivasvān

  1. 1

    Marīci took birth from the mind of Lord Brahmā.

  2. 2

    Kaśyapa appeared from the semen of Marīci.

  3. 3

    Vivasvān was born from Kaśyapa through Aditi, the daughter of Dakṣa.

How it feels

Change → Acceptance. The instability of worldly identities is a recurring premise.

Chapters 1–3 of Canto 9: Dynastic origins and domestic transformations. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

From Kaśyapa, through Aditi, Vivasvān was generated, and from Vivasvān came Śrāddhadeva Manu, who was born from the womb of Saṁjñā. Śrāddhadeva’s wife, Śraddhā, gave birth to ten sons, such as Ikṣvāku and Nṛga.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. marīciḥthe great saintly person known as Marīci
  2. manasaḥ tasyafrom the mind of Lord Brahmā
  3. jajñetook birth
  4. tasya apifrom Marīci
  5. kaśyapaḥKaśyapa (took birth)
  6. dākṣāyaṇyāmin the womb of the daughter of Mahārāja Dakṣa
  7. tataḥthereafter
  8. adityāmin the womb of Aditi
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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

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

How does tracing each relationship help you follow this account more attentively?

Practice

Draw the lineage from Brahmā to Marīci to Kaśyapa to Vivasvān, noting Aditi as Vivasvān’s mother and Dakṣa’s daughter.

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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 9.1's connections

Live this todayTrace the Lineage to VivasvānThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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