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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 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni

9.6.2 9.6.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.6.3

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.6.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

एते क्षेत्रप्रसूता वै पुनस्त्वाङ्गिरसा: स्मृता: ।

रथीतराणां प्रवरा: क्षेत्रोपेता द्विजातय: ॥ ३ ॥

ete kṣetra-prasūtā vai

punas tv āṅgirasāḥ smṛtāḥ

rathītarāṇāṁ pravarāḥ

kṣetropetā dvi-jātayaḥ

Translation

Having been born from the womb of Rathītara’s wife, all these sons were known as the dynasty of Rathītara, but because they were born from the semen of Aṅgirā, they were also known as the dynasty of Aṅgirā. Among all the progeny of Rathītara, these sons were the most prominent because, owing to their birth, they were considered brāhmaṇas.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sons Connected With Two Dynasties

1
Because these sons were born from Rathītara’s wife, they were known as the dynasty of Rathītara.
2
Because Aṅgirā begot them, they were also known as the dynasty of Aṅgirā. They were prominent among Rathītara’s descendants because they were considered brāhmaṇas.
3
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains dvi-jātayaḥ as “mixed caste,” indicating a mixture of brāhmaṇa and kṣatriya.

Key points from the purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives the meaning of dvi-jātayaḥ as “mixed caste,” indicating a mixture of brāhmaṇa and kṣatriya.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Attachment and struggle → Renunciation and responsibility. Multiple royal lives reveal the cost of choices.

Chapters 6–9 of Canto 9: Saubhari, Sagara and Bhagīratha's lineage. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When the sons were born, they became the dynasty of Aṅgirā Ṛṣi and of Rathītara. The son of Manu was Ikṣvāku, who had one hundred sons, of whom Vikukṣi, Nimi and Daṇḍakā were the eldest.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.6

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

etethe sons begotten by Aṅgirā
kṣetra-prasūtāḥbecame the children of Rathītara and belonged to his family (because they were born from the womb of his wife)
vaiindeed
punaḥagain
tubut
āṅgirasāḥof the dynasty of Aṅgirā
smṛtāḥthey were called
rathītarāṇāmof all the sons of Rathītara

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.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I explain why these sons were associated with both dynasties?

Practice

Note the two dynasties and the reason the sons belonged to each.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySons Connected With Two DynastiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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