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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 10 · Chapter 84: The Sages’ Teachings at Kurukṣetra
10.84.1810.84.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.84.19

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The great sagessince 10.84.16inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ब्रह्म ते हृदयं शुक्लं तप:स्वाध्यायसंयमै: ।

यत्रोपलब्धं सद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं च तत: परम् ॥ १९ ॥

brahma te hṛdayaṁ śuklaṁ

tapaḥ-svādhyāya-saṁyamaiḥ

yatropalabdhaṁ sad vyaktam

avyaktaṁ ca tataḥ param

Translation

The Vedas are Your spotless heart, and through them one can perceive — by means of austerity, study and self-control — the manifest, the unmanifest and the pure existence transcendental to both.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Vedas Reveal Reality Beyond Matter

  1. 1

    The Vedas are the Lord’s spotless heart. Through austerity, study and self-control, one can perceive the realities they reveal.

  2. 2

    The manifest consists of the visible things of this world. The unmanifest consists of the subtle causes underlying cosmic creation.

  3. 3

    The Vedas point toward the transcendental realm of Brahman. This pure spiritual existence lies beyond all material cause and effect.

Key points from the purport
  • Vyakta, “the manifest,” consists of the visible things of this world, and avyakta consists of the subtle, underlying causes of cosmic creation.
  • The Vedas point toward the transcendental realm of Brahman, which lies beyond all material cause and effect.

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

How it feels

Humility and separation → Friendship and reunion. The sweetness of relationship outweighs prestige.

Chapters 80–86 of Canto 10: Sudāmā and reunion with the residents of Vraja. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 84: The Sages’ Teachings at Kurukṣetra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Those who identify themselves with their bodies and neglect to honor transcendental sages like you are no better than asses.” After hearing Lord Kṛṣṇa speak these words in the mood of a mere mortal, the sages remained silent for some time, bewildered.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.84
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. brahmathe Vedas
  2. teYour
  3. hṛdayamheart
  4. śuklampure
  5. tapaḥby austerities
  6. svādhyāyastudy
  7. saṁyamaiḥand self-control
  8. yatrain which
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Āśraya · The summum bonum

    Who is the shelter of everything? · Subject 10 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.84

    In this verse: “material”

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 can my study become more attentive through self-control?

Practice

Set aside one distraction and spend five focused minutes studying this translation and purport.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Vedas Reveal Reality Beyond MatterThis 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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