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Canto 9 · Liberation · 24 chapters

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1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 9 · Chapter 2: The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu

9.1.42 9.2.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.2.1

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.2.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

एवं गतेऽथ सुद्युम्ने मनुर्वैवस्वत: सुते ।

पुत्रकामस्तपस्तेपे यमुनायां शतं समा: ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

evaṁ gate ’tha sudyumne

manur vaivasvataḥ sute

putra-kāmas tapas tepe

yamunāyāṁ śataṁ samāḥ

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vānaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu [Śrāddhadeva], being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamunā for one hundred years.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Manu’s Steady Austerity

1
Sudyumna went to the forest to accept the order of vānaprastha.
2
Vaivasvata Manu, also known as Śrāddhadeva, desired more sons.
3
Manu performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamunā for one hundred years.

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

Chapter 2: The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After Sudyumna accepted the order of vānaprastha and departed for the forest, Vaivasvata Manu, being desirous of sons, worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead and consequently begot ten sons like Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, all of whom were like their father. One of these sons, Pṛṣadhra, was engaged in the duty of protecting cows at night with a sword in his hand.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.2