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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.33.23

Mukti· Liberation

Eager Hearing Leads to Constant Meditation

“Thereafter, having heard with great eagerness and in all detail from her son, Kapiladeva, the eternally smiling Personality of Godhead, Devahūti began to meditate constantly upon the Viṣṇu form of the Supreme Lord.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.33.23, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Devahūti heard from her son Kapiladeva with great eagerness and in full detail.
  • Kapiladeva is described as the eternally smiling Personality of Godhead.
  • Following His instruction, Devahūti constantly meditated upon the Viṣṇu form of the Supreme Lord.

Try this today

Read this translation slowly, then spend a quiet minute remembering the Viṣṇu form of the Supreme Lord.

Ask yourself

How attentive and eager am I when receiving instruction about the Supreme Lord?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.

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