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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 9 · Chapter 18: King Yayāti Regains His Youth
9.17.179.18.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.18.1

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.18.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

यतिर्ययाति: संयातिरायतिर्वियति: कृति: ।

षडिमे नहुषस्यासन्निन्द्रियाणीव देहिन: ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

yatir yayātiḥ saṁyātir

āyatir viyatiḥ kṛtiḥ

ṣaḍ ime nahuṣasyāsann

indriyāṇīva dehinaḥ

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, as the embodied soul has six senses, King Nahuṣa had six sons, named Yati, Yayāti, Saṁyāti, Āyati, Viyati and Kṛti.

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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.

The Six Sons of Nahuṣa

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells King Parīkṣit about the sons of King Nahuṣa.

  2. 2

    Their names were Yati, Yayāti, Saṁyāti, Āyati, Viyati and Kṛti.

  3. 3

    The six sons are compared in number to the six senses of the embodied soul.

How it feels

Insatiable desire → Renunciation. Exhausted enjoyment generates insight.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 9: Yayāti's craving and liberation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 18: King Yayāti Regains His Youth

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Nahuṣa, who had six sons, was cursed to become a python, his eldest son, Yati, took sannyāsa, and therefore the next son, Yayāti, was enthroned as king. By providence, Yayāti married the daughter of Śukrācārya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. yatiḥYati
  3. yayātiḥYayāti
  4. saṁyātiḥSaṁyāti
  5. āyatiḥĀyati
  6. viyatiḥViyati
  7. kṛtiḥKṛti
  8. ṣaṭsix
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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 9.18

    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

How does the comparison with six senses help you remember this family?

Practice

Read the six sons’ names aloud once, noting Yayāti among them.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Six Sons of NahuṣaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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