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Canto 9 · Chapter 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
9.6.379.6.39-40

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.6.38

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

शशबिन्दोर्दुहितरि बिन्दुमत्यामधान्नृप: ।

पुरुकुत्समम्बरीषं मुचुकुन्दं च योगिनम् ।

तेषां स्वसार: पञ्चाशत् सौभरिं वव्रिरे पतिम् ॥ ३८ ॥

śaśabindor duhitari

bindumatyām adhān nṛpaḥ

purukutsam ambarīṣaṁ

mucukundaṁ ca yoginam

teṣāṁ svasāraḥ pañcāśat

saubhariṁ vavrire patim

Translation

Māndhātā begot three sons in the womb of Bindumatī, the daughter of Śaśabindu. These sons were Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, and Mucukunda, a great mystic yogī. These three brothers had fifty sisters, who all accepted the great sage Saubhari as their husband.

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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.

Māndhātā’s Family Becomes Connected With Saubhari

  1. 1

    Māndhātā and Bindumatī, the daughter of Śaśabindu, had three sons.

  2. 2

    Their sons were Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, and Mucukunda. Mucukunda is described as a great mystic yogī.

  3. 3

    The three brothers had fifty sisters, all of whom accepted the great sage Saubhari as their husband.

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

Further reading

Chapter 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

These three sons had fifty sisters, all of whom became wives of the great sage known as Saubhari. In this connection, Śukadeva Gosvāmī described the history of Saubhari Muni, who, because of sensual agitation caused by fish, fell from his yoga and wanted to marry all the daughters of Māndhātā for sexual pleasure.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śaśabindoḥof a king known as Śaśabindu
  2. duhitariunto the daughter
  3. bindumatyāmwhose name was Bindumatī
  4. adhātbegot
  5. nṛpaḥthe King (Māndhātā)
  6. purukutsamPurukutsa
  7. ambarīṣamAmbarīṣa
  8. mucukundamMucukunda
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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

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 this family description connect Māndhātā with Saubhari?

Practice

Write a simple family outline showing Māndhātā, Bindumatī, their three sons, and the fifty daughters who accepted Saubhari.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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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 9.6's connections

Live this todayMāndhātā’s Family Becomes Connected With SaubhariThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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