Chapter Study Guides
BHAKTI-VAIBHAVA (SB Canto 4)
Chapters 1-14
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Revision Notes
2013 sep 23 – renamed
Document – Things to Do
2013 August 22
HpSwami, Srinivasa and Srivas Pandita Das wrote these Study Guides to this date. Let us leave the following suggestions for the next reviewers:
1) The entire canto can be generally analyzed under the acronym "DDPP", which is to say, "Daksa, Dhruva, Prthu, Puranjana".
2) Then Semester One should be divided into Chapters 1-7 and 8-14.]
Table of Contents
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PREFACE 4
MODULE I : SIVA, SATI AND DAKSHA 5
CHAPTER 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu 5
CHAPTER 2: Daksha Curses Lord Siva 10
CHAPTER 3 Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī 12
CHAPTER 4 -- Sati quits her body 16
Module I Review: 18
MODULE II: DAKSHA AFTERMATH 20
CHAPTER 5 -- Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa 20
CHAPTER 6 -- Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva 22
CHAPTER 7 -- The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa 24
Module II Review: 28
MODULE III: STORY OF DHRUVA MAHARAJA 29
CHAPTER 8 -- Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest 29
CHAPTER 9: Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home 36
CHAPTER 10 and 11: Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight with the Yakṣas, Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting 41
CHAPTER 12: Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead 45
Module III Review: 49
MODULE IV: DESCENDENTS OF DHRUVA AND APPEARANCE OF M PRTHU 53
13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja 53
14: The Story of King Vena 56
Module IV Review: 59
SEMESTER FIVE REVIEW 60
VERSES TO MEMORIZE 69
CALENDAR – 2013-2014
GAURA PURNIMA SEMESTER
MODULE I: SIVA, SATI AND DAKSHA
CHAPTER 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu ..…..…………………...... 01 April
CHAPTER 2: Daksha Curses Lord Siva ………………………....……………………….08 April
CHAPTER 3: Talks Between Lord Siva and Sati...... ……………………….15 April
CHAPTER 4: Sati Quits Her Body ……...... ……………………………………..……22 April
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE...………………………………………...... 29 April
MODULE II: DAKSHA AFTERMATH
CHAPTER 5: Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksha ………………………………...... 06 May
CHAPTER 6: Brahma Satisfies Lord Siva …………………………………...... ……..13 May
CHAPTER 7: The Sacrifice Performed by Daksha …………………………………...... 20 May
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE.………………………………………...... 28 May
MODULE III: STORY OF DHRUVA MAHARAJA
CHAPTER 8: Dhruva Maharaja Leaves Home for the Forest...……………………….....03 June
CHAPTER 9: Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home ………………………………………....10 June
CHAPTER 10: Dhruva Maharaja’s Fight with the Yakshas ………………………….....17 June
CHAPTER 11: Svayambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Maharaja to Stop Fighting ...……24 June
CHAPTER 12: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead …….....……………………... 01 July
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE.………………………………………...... 08 July
MODULE IV: DESCENDENTS OF DHRUVA AND APPEARANCE OF M PRTHU
CHAPTER 13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Maharaja..……………… ...15 July
CHAPTER 14: The Story of King Vena ………………………………...... ……22 July
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE ………………………………………...…29 July
SEMESTER EXAMINATION I……………………………………………………….24 Aug
VACATION (JANMASTAMI - 28 AUGUST )...…………………………...25 Aug - 09 Sep
JANMASHTAMI SEMESTER
MODULE V: STORY OF MAHARAJA PRTHU - I
CHAPTER 16: Praise of King Prthu by the Professional Reciters ……...... 09 September
CHAPTER 17: Maharaja Prthu Becomes Angry at the Earth …...... 16 September
CHAPTER 18: Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet ………...... 23 September
CHAPTER 19: King Prthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices ……………………….30 September
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE.…………………………………...... …07 October
MODULE VI: STORY OF MAHARAJA PRTHU - II AND SIVA GITA
CHAPTER 20: Lord Viṣṇu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Maharaja Prthu...14 October
CHAPTER 21: Instructions by Maharaja Prthu ………………………...... ……...... 21 October
CHAPTER 22: Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras …….....………...…28 October
CHAPTER 23: Maharaja Prthu’s Going Back Home………………………..………04 November
[ttd next module] CHAPTER 24: Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva ……………………..…….....11 November
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE.………………………………....……...18 November
MODULE VII: STORY OF PURANJANA
CHAPTER 25: The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Puranjana ….…...25 November
CHAPTER 26: King Puranjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry..02 December
CHAPTER 27: Attack by Candavega on the City of King Puranjana; the Character of Kalakanya …09 December
CHAPTER 28: Puranjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life...16 December
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE ……………………………………23 December
MODULE VIII: NARADA, KING PRACINABARHI AND PRACETAS
CHAPTER 29: Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi …………………..30 December
CHAPTER 30: The Activities of the Pracetas...... 06 January
CHAPTER 31: Narada Instructs the Pracetas ……...... 13 January '14
REVIEW AND EVALUATION MODULE …...………………………...... ………20 January '14
SEMESTER EXAMINATION II…..……………………………………………01 February '14
PREFACE
Hare Krsna! This is Srinivasacarya Das from Boise and Srivas Pandit Das from San Jose. All of us, the ASA Bhakti Vaibhava students, successfully finished 3rd canto and just getting started with the 4th canto. For this fifth semester of Bhakti Vaibhava, our Gurudev (Siksa+Diksa for Srinivas and Siksa for Srivas), His Holiness Hanumat Presake Swami Maharaj, has instructed us to write the study guides (TPP notes). We feel unqualified for this task, but he has been educating all of us and preparing us for this type of service for the past several years, so we are making this humble attempt. We are made of his mercy. We keep running behind him for ever as he runs behind Srila Prabhupada and passes on to us, the mercy of Parampara.
We want to seek the blessings as well as input from Maharaj and all of our fellow students to revise and improve these study guides, so please contact us with your suggestions.
The purpose of the study guides and the recommendations for your own study will remain same as before. As Maharaj as stated in the previous year’s TPP:
You don’t have to turn in the answers to the Study Guide Questions, but they are for discussion during the group meetings and at the end of each Module we will have Sample Questions for the Module Review. The Closed Book Test will be taken from those.
As you go through note BG and other Texts cited by Srila Prabhupada, increase and refresh your memory of these texts by pausing and reciting them when you see them. Preach then in Gita class.
ü Keep good association with fellow students, teachers and give one class a week.
ü Read one chapter a week.
ü Memorize one verse a week.
ü Write one page of essays a week.
Srila Prabhupada gives a great summary of this Canto in the purport to the first verse: ‘In this Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are thirty-one chapters, and all these chapters describe the secondary creation by Brahmā and the Manus. The Supreme Lord Himself does the real creation by agitating His material energy, and then, by His order, Brahma, the first living creature in the universe, attempts to create the different planetary systems and their inhabitants, expanding the population through his progeny, like Manu and other progenitors of living entities, who work perpetually under the order of the Supreme Lord. ln the First Chapter of this Fourth Canto there are descriptions of the three daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu and their descendants. The next six chapters describe the sacrifice performed by King Dakṣa and how it was spoiled. Thereafter the activities of Mahārāja Dhruva are described in five chapters. Then, in eleven chapters, the activities of King Pṛthu are described, and the next eight chapters are devoted to the activities of the Pracetā king’
MODULE I : SIVA, SATI AND DAKSHA
CHAPTER 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu
Memorize:
Śrī Brahma-saḿhitā 5.46 (para-phrased in 4.1.15. Cited in 3.9.4, 3.21.32, 6.9.45 etc.)
dīpārcir eva hi daśāntaram abhyupetya
dīpāyate vivṛta-hetu-samāna-dharmā
yas tādṛg eva hi ca viṣṇutayā vibhāti
govindam ādi-puruṣaḿ tam ahaḿ bhajāmi
SYNONYMS
dīpa-arciḥ — the flame of a lamp; eva — as; hi — certainly; daśā-antaram — another lamp; abhyupetya — expanding; dīpāyate — illuminates; vivṛta-hetu — with its expanded cause; samāna-dharmā — equally powerful; yaḥ — who; tādṛk — similarly; eva — indeed; hi — certainly; ca — also; viṣṇutayā — by His expansion as Lord Viṣṇu; vibhāti — illuminates; govindam — Govinda; ādi-puruṣam — the original person; tam — Him; aham — I; bhajāmi — worship.
TRANSLATION
The light of one candle being communicated to other candles, although it burns separately in them, is the same in its quality. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who exhibits Himself equally in the same mobile manner in His various manifestations.
General Overview
Now we are in the first chapter of the 4th canto. Do you have a rough idea of what happened in the 3rd Canto? Why are we here in the 4th Canto? How many children did Svayambhuva manu have and what are their names? Do you remember the ASA acronym DAPUP? How are the previous Canto and the subsequent cantos related to Svayambhuva Manu?
Srila Prabhupada says, “In the First Chapter of this Fourth Canto there are descriptions of the three daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu and their descendants”.
Roughly speaking what verses speak about the descendents of these three daughters:
(1)Devahuti (X Kardama): _____
(2)Akuti (X Ruci): ____
(3)Prasuti (X Daksa): ___
How many incarnations of the Supreme Lord are discussed in this chapter? Who are they?
Specific Notes
1.1- Nice summary of the canto and the chapter.
1.2 – What is Putrika Dharma? A couple has only daughter(s). What options does the couple have for the wife’s protection, in the event the husband might take sannyas?
1.3 – Ruci was brahma-varcasvī. Do you remember where in the BG the Brahmanical qualifications are mentioned?
1.4 –The Supreme Lord appeared as Kapila in the womb of Devahuti. In Akuti’s womb He appeared as ____?
1.5 Simple fact, but we need to remind ourselves all the time; if we don’t act with the goal of pleasing the Lord then we will eventually suffer. BG 3.9
1.6 NDX [VAD – Grhastas and Lakshmi Narayana comparison]
1.9. _____ became the head of the seven ṛṣis, and _____ became the king of the demigods, Indra.
1.14 Devakulyā is the presiding deity of the River ______
1.15 Soma, Dattātreya and Durvāsā were parts and parcel of ___, ___, and ___ respectively.
Is the degree of suffering of the Jivas situated in different material modes the same?
1.16-1.33 The story of Atri Muni X Anasuya begetting Soma, Dattatreya and Durvasa. Atri Muni has undergone severe austerities to beget such great children. The Lords (Brahma, Vishnu and Siva) were pleased with him and appeared as his children. What are the names of the children?
Was Atri Muni a pure devotee? Did he know who the Supreme Lord was? Give few reasons.
1.21 NDX [Astanga yoga - Fire from breathing exercise]. Was the fire from Atri Muni real fire as we see in the arati ceremony?
1.24 Mention the names of the carriers and symbols of Vishnu, Siva and Brahma?
1.30 All three Deities come to Atri Muni because all are the Lord’s of the Universe, in three different modes. ‘Viṣṇu is the Lord of the universe because He is its maintainer. Similarly, Brahmā creates the different planetary systems and the population, so he also may be considered the Lord of the universe. Or Lord Śiva, who is ultimately the destroyer of the universe, also may be considered its Lord. Therefore, since Atri Muni did not specifically mention whom he wanted, all three — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva — came before him’
1.37 Note Ravana’s heritage! Devahtu X Kardama à Havirbhū (X Pulatsya) à Viśravā (X Keśinī) à Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa
1.47 Is the hearing of the descendents of the daughters of Kardama same as hearing about the history of mundane politician? What’s the difference?
1.53-59: Appearance and glories of Nara Narayana Rsi. That Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, who is a partial expansion of Kṛṣṇa, has now appeared in the dynasties of Yadu and Kuru, in the forms of _____ and ______respectively, to mitigate the burden of the world
1.62 – How many fire gods are there who accept the sacrificial offerings of impersonalists?
Whole chapter is an NDX [Svayambhuva Family Tree]
Below is a family tree of Svayambhuva Manu based on our study up to this point:
1. Svāyambhuva X Śatarūpā
1.1. Devahuti (X Kardama)
1.1.1. Kapila
1.1.2. Kalā(X Marīci)
1.1.2.1. Kaśyapa
1.1.2.2. Pūrṇimā
1.1.2.2.1. Viraja, Viśvaga and Devakulyā (elaborated in 6th canto 4.1.14P)
1.1.3. Anasūyā (X Atri)
1.1.3.1. Soma, Dattātreya and Durvāsā.
1.1.4. Śraddhā(X Ańgirā)
1.1.4.1. Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumati. Utathya and Bṛhaspati.
1.1.5. Havirbhū (X Pulastya)
1.1.5.1. Agastya
1.1.5.2. Viśravā
1.1.5.2.1. (X Iḍaviḍā)
1.1.5.2.1.1. Kuvera
1.1.5.2.2. (X Keśinī)
1.1.5.2.2.1. Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa
1.1.6. Gati (X Pulaha)
1.1.6.1. Karmaśreṣṭha, Varīyān and Sahiṣṇu
1.1.7. Kriyā (X Kratu)
1.1.7.1. Vālakhilyas (60,000)
1.1.8. Khyāti (X Bhṛgu)
1.1.8.1. Dhātā (X Āyati)
1.1.8.1.1. Mṛkaṇḍa
1.1.8.1.1.1. Mārkaṇḍeya Muni
1.1.8.2. Vidhātā (X Niyati)
1.1.8.2.1. Prāṇa
1.1.8.2.1.1. Vedaśirā
1.1.8.2.1.1.1. Uśanā (aka Śukrācārya, kavi)
1.1.8.3. Śrī
1.1.9. Arundhatī(aka Ūrjā) (X Vasiṣṭha)
1.1.9.1. Citraketu, Suroci, Virajā, Mitra, Ulbaṇa, Vasubhṛdyāna and Dyumān
1.1.10. Śānti(aka Citti) (X Atharvā)
1.1.10.1. Aśvaśirā
1.2. Ākūti (X Ruci)
1.2.1. Yajña + Dakṣiṇā
1.2.1.1. Toṣa, Pratoṣa, Santoṣa, Bhadra, Sānti, Iḍaspati, Idhma, Kavi, Vibhu, Svahna, Sudeva and Rocana (Tuṣitas)
1.3. Prasūti ( X Dakṣa)
1.3.1. Śraddhā (X Dharma)
1.3.1.1. Śubha
1.3.2. Maitrī (X Dharma)
1.3.2.1. Prasāda
1.3.3. Dayā (X Dharma)
1.3.3.1. Abhaya
1.3.4. Sānti (X Dharma)
1.3.4.1. Sukha
1.3.5. Tuṣṭi (X Dharma)
1.3.5.1. Muda
1.3.6. Puṣṭi (X Dharma)
1.3.6.1. Smaya
1.3.7. Kriyā (X Dharma)
1.3.7.1. Yoga
1.3.8. Unnati (X Dharma)
1.3.8.1. Darpa