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Study paths

Eight routes that follow one question through several lives. Read each life's key moment in order, then sit with the question, alone or with a class.

The question of this path

What opens someone to instruction?

Canto 12Canto 3Canto 4Canto 5Canto 6Canto 7Canto 8Canto 9Canto 10Canto 1112Devahūti · SB 3.23 · Service and household lifeDevahūti · SB 3.24 · Kapila’s appearanceDevahūti · SB 3.25 · Asking the essential questionDevahūti · SB 3.33 · Absorption and realizationKing Rahūgaṇa · SB 5.10 · The king commandsKing Rahūgaṇa · SB 5.11 · An unexpected answerKing Rahūgaṇa · SB 5.12 · Humility awakensKing Rahūgaṇa · SB 5.13 · Learning continuesLord Brahmā · SB 10.13 · An astonishing testLord Brahmā · SB 10.13 · Divine revelationLord Brahmā · SB 10.14 · Prayers of humility1. SB 1.4 · An accomplished sage is dissatisfied2. SB 1.5 · Nārada diagnoses the absence3. SB 1.6 · A lived example4. SB 1.7 · Samādhi and compositionSB 1.7

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Vyāsadeva

From accomplishment to devotional fulfillment

A life that changes
The test
Why does the heart feel incomplete despite achievement?
The turn
Nārada redirects his writing toward vivid glorification of the Supreme Lord.
What it teaches
Devotion is not merely an extra subject; it reorients knowledge toward its purpose.

Key moment · Devotional clarity

Samādhi and composition

Vyāsa sees the Lord and the conditioned soul in relation to māyā, and composes the Bhāgavatam.

In the verse · SB 1.7.4

“Thus he fixed his mind, perfectly engaging it by linking it in devotional service [bhakti-yoga] without any tinge of materialism, and thus he saw the Absolute Personality of Godhead along with His external energy, which was under full control.”

All 4 moments of Vyāsadeva

Each moment's short description, the lessons, questions and pairings are study aids drawn from the cited chapter, not words of the scripture. The verse shown with each moment is Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation, exactly; his purport is always the final word.