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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.4.30
तथापि बत मे दैह्यो ह्यात्मा चैवात्मना विभु: ।
असम्पन्न इवाभाति ब्रह्मवर्चस्य सत्तम: ॥ ३० ॥
tathāpi bata me daihyo
hy ātmā caivātmanā vibhuḥ
asampanna ivābhāti
brahma-varcasya sattamaḥ
I am feeling incomplete, though I myself am fully equipped with everything required by the Vedas.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Vyāsadeva was complete in all the details of Vedic achievements, yet he felt incomplete.
The activities prescribed in the Vedas can purify the living being submerged in matter. The ultimate achievement, however, is different from this preparation.
Without that ultimate achievement, even a fully equipped person cannot reach the normal transcendental condition. Śrīla Vyāsadeva therefore felt dissatisfied.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Dissatisfaction → Inspired clarity. Even great accomplishment leaves Vyāsa without contentment until devotion is centered.
Chapters 4–6 of Canto 1: Vyāsa is dissatisfied; Nārada directs him to the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
The sages inquire about Parīkṣit, while Sūta describes Vyāsadeva’s division of the Vedas and dissatisfaction.
Back to this verse in chapter 1.4Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Īśānukathā · The science of God
Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10
Śuddhi · Inner transformation
The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 1.4
In this verse: “purify”
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I mistake being well prepared or knowledgeable for having reached the ultimate goal?
Write down one way you may be confusing spiritual preparation with spiritual completion.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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