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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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 23: The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti
9.22.499.23.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.23.1

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.23.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

अनो: सभानरश्चक्षु: परेष्णुश्च त्रय: सुता: ।

सभानरात् कालनर: सृञ्जयस्तत्सुतस्तत: ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

anoḥ sabhānaraś cakṣuḥ

pareṣṇuś ca trayaḥ sutāḥ

sabhānarāt kālanaraḥ

sṛñjayas tat-sutas tataḥ

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Anu, the fourth son of Yayāti, had three sons, named Sabhānara, Cakṣu and Pareṣṇu. O King, from Sabhānara came a son named Kālanara, and from Kālanara came a son named Sṛñjaya.

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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.

Anu’s Sons and Their Descendants

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the descendants of Anu, the fourth son of Yayāti.

  2. 2

    Anu had three sons: Sabhānara, Cakṣu and Pareṣṇu.

  3. 3

    Sabhānara’s son was Kālanara, and Kālanara’s son was Sṛñjaya.

How it feels

Historical movement → Anticipation. The narrative narrows toward its divine center.

Chapters 20–24 of Canto 9: Lineages leading to the appearance of Kṛṣṇa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 23: The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The sons of Yayāti’s fourth son, Anu, were Sabhānara, Cakṣu and Pareṣṇu. Of these three, the sons and grandsons of Sabhānara were, in succession, Kālanara, Sṛñjaya, Janamejaya, Mahāśāla and Mahāmanā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.23
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. anoḥof Anu, the fourth of the four sons of Yayāti
  3. sabhānaraḥSabhānara
  4. cakṣuḥCakṣu
  5. pareṣṇuḥPareṣṇu
  6. caalso
  7. trayaḥthree
  8. sutāḥsons
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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 9.23

    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 I distinguish Anu’s three sons from the later descendants of Sabhānara?

Practice

Draw a small family tree showing Anu’s three sons and the line from Sabhānara to Sṛñjaya.

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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 9.23's connections

Live this todayAnu’s Sons and Their DescendantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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