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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
9.1.69.1.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.1.7

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

श्रीशुक उवाच

श्रूयतां मानवो वंश: प्राचुर्येण परन्तप ।

न शक्यते विस्तरतो वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि ॥ ७ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

śrūyatāṁ mānavo vaṁśaḥ

prācuryeṇa parantapa

na śakyate vistarato

vaktuṁ varṣa-śatair api

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King, subduer of your enemies, now hear from me in great detail about the dynasty of Manu. I shall explain as much as possible, although one could not say everything about it, even in hundreds of years.

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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.

Hear Patiently About a Vast Dynasty

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī asks the King to hear about the dynasty of Manu in great detail.

  2. 2

    He promises to explain as much as possible.

  3. 3

    The subject is so extensive that even hundreds of years would not be enough to describe everything.

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:

By the desire of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Śukadeva Gosvāmī told about the dynasty of Vaivasvata Manu, who was formerly King Satyavrata, the ruler of Draviḍa. While describing this dynasty, he also described how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, while lying down in the waters of devastation, gave birth to Lord Brahmā from a lotus generated from His navel.
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. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. śrūyatāmjust hear from me
  3. mānavaḥ vaṁśaḥthe dynasty of Manu
  4. prācuryeṇaas expansive as possible
  5. parantapaO King, who can subdue your enemies
  6. nanot
  7. śakyateone is able
  8. vistarataḥvery broadly
  9. vaktumto speak
  10. varṣa-śataiḥ apieven if he does so for hundreds of years
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 9.1

    In this verse: “king”

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 you value what you hear without expecting to understand everything at once?

Practice

Read this translation slowly once, giving it your attention without rushing to the next passage.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHear Patiently About a Vast DynastyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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