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  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 11 · Chapter 29: Bhakti-yoga
11.29.2411.29.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.29.25

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 11.29.8inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitLord Kṛṣṇa → Uddhava

सुविविक्तं तव प्रश्न‍ं मयैतदपि धारयेत् ।

सनातनं ब्रह्मगुह्यं परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति ॥ २५ ॥

su-viviktaṁ tava praśnaṁ

mayaitad api dhārayet

sanātanaṁ brahma-guhyaṁ

paraṁ brahmādhigacchati

Translation

Anyone who fixes his attention on these clear answers to your questions will attain to the eternal, confidential goal of the Vedas — the Supreme Absolute Truth.

Read this verse on Vedabase.io

This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Attend to the Lord’s Clear Answers

  1. 1

    The Lord’s answers clearly explain the questions put to Him.

  2. 2

    Anyone who fixes attention on these answers can attain the Supreme Absolute Truth.

  3. 3

    This attainment is the eternal, confidential goal of the Vedas.

How it feels

Striving → Complete devotional trust. The Lord redirects Uddhava toward enduring loving service.

Chapters 21–29 of Canto 11: Spiritual practice culminating in bhakti-yoga. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 29: Bhakti-yoga

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

By understanding all living beings to be Lord Kṛṣṇa’s place of residence, one can attain the ability to see equally everywhere, and thus all faulty qualities of envy, false ego and so on will be removed. Bearing this in mind, the devotee should give up his proud relatives, his separatist outlook and his mundane embarrassment and should offer obeisances flat on the ground to all, even the dogs and outcastes.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 11.29
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sa-viviktamclearly elucidated
  2. tavayour
  3. praśnamquestion
  4. mayāby Me
  5. etatthis
  6. apieven
  7. dhārayetfixes his attention upon
  8. sanātanameternal
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 11.29

    In this verse: “absolute truth”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How fully am I giving my attention to the Lord’s answers?

Practice

Set aside two undistracted minutes to reflect on this promise of the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAttend to the Lord’s Clear AnswersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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