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  4. 4Read the translationAsk: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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Canto 11 · Chapter 11: The Symptoms of Conditioned and Liberated Living Entities
11.11.2011.11.22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.11.21

एवं जिज्ञासयापोह्य नानात्वभ्रममात्मनि ।

उपारमेत विरजं मनो मय्यर्प्य सर्वगे ॥ २१ ॥

evaṁ jijñāsayāpohya

nānātva-bhramam ātmani

upārameta virajaṁ

mano mayy arpya sarva-ge

Translation

Coming to this conclusion of all knowledge, one should give up the false conception of material variety that one imposes upon the soul and thus cease one’s material existence. The mind should be fixed on Me, since I am all-pervading.

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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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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Fix the Mind on Kṛṣṇa Through Devotion

  1. 1

    The Lord brings analytic knowledge to its final conclusion: bhakti-yoga, devotional service. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and only devotion allows us to understand Him as He is.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading as the source and absolute controller of everything, not merely in the manner of air or sunlight. Everything is ultimately His expansion, so He is the true object of meditation.

  3. 3

    False identification with the material body keeps the living entity wandering through successive bodies. One should end this fruitless wandering by fixing the mind on Kṛṣṇa, the true object of everyone’s love.

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