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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
9.6.39.6.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.6.4

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

क्षुवतस्तु मनोर्जज्ञे इक्ष्वाकुर्घ्राणत: सुत: ।

तस्य पुत्रशतज्येष्ठा विकुक्षिनिमिदण्डका: ॥ ४ ॥

kṣuvatas tu manor jajñe

ikṣvākur ghrāṇataḥ sutaḥ

tasya putra-śata-jyeṣṭhā

vikukṣi-nimi-daṇḍakāḥ

Translation

The son of Manu was Ikṣvāku. When Manu was sneezing, Ikṣvāku was born from Manu’s nostrils. King Ikṣvāku had one hundred sons, of whom Vikukṣi, Nimi and Daṇḍakā were the most prominent.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Specific Account of Ikṣvāku’s Birth

  1. 1

    Ikṣvāku was born from Manu’s nostrils when Manu sneezed.

  2. 2

    Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the earlier inclusion of Ikṣvāku among the sons born to Manu’s wife Śraddhā was a generalization. Here his birth is specifically explained.

  3. 3

    Ikṣvāku had one hundred sons. Vikukṣi, Nimi and Daṇḍakā were the most prominent.

Key points from the purport
  • According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, although the Bhāgavatam (9.1.11-12) has previously included Ikṣvāku among the ten sons begotten by Manu in his wife Śraddhā, this was a generalization.
  • It is here specifically explained that Ikṣvāku was born simply from the sneezing of Manu.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 9.6.4 quotesSB 9.1.11-12

According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, although the Bhāgavatam (9.1.11-12) has previously included Ikṣvāku among the ten sons begotten by Manu in his wife Śraddhā, this was a generalization.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

The son of Manu was Ikṣvāku, who had one hundred sons, of whom Vikukṣi, Nimi and Daṇḍakā were the eldest. The sons of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became kings of different parts of the world.
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. kṣuvataḥwhile sneezing
  2. tubut
  3. manoḥof Manu
  4. jajñewas born
  5. ikṣvākuḥby the name Ikṣvāku
  6. ghrāṇataḥfrom the nostrils
  7. sutaḥthe son
  8. tasyaof Ikṣvāku
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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 9.6

    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 purport help me distinguish a general account from a specific explanation?

Practice

Write down the specific explanation of Ikṣvāku’s birth given here.

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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.

The purport quotesSB 9.1.11

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 9.6's connections

Live this todayThe Specific Account of Ikṣvāku’s BirthThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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