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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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.
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Canto 2 · Chapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions
2.10.342.10.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.10.35

Āśraya· The supreme shelter
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 2.10.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अमुनी भगवद्रूपे मया ते ह्यनुवर्णिते ।

उभे अपि न गृह्णन्ति मायासृष्टे विपश्चित: ॥ ३५ ॥

amunī bhagavad-rūpe

mayā te hy anuvarṇite

ubhe api na gṛhṇanti

māyā-sṛṣṭe vipaścitaḥ

Translation

Neither of the above forms of the Lord, as just described unto you from the material angle of vision, is accepted by the pure devotees of the Lord who know Him well.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Devotees Worship the Lord Eternally

  1. 1

    Pure devotees do not accept gross and subtle material conceptions as the Lord's ultimate form. They know His eternal forms in the kingdom of God.

  2. 2

    Arjuna was afraid on seeing the gigantic viśva-rūpa and prayed to see the Lord's pleasing personal form. Pure devotees worship the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa or Nārāyaṇa in His eternal Vaikuṇṭha forms.

  3. 3

    Pure devotees worship the Lord both from the beginning and in the perfect stage of salvation. Their devotional worship never stops.

Key points from the purport
  • The pure devotees of the Lord worship Him in His Vaikuṇṭha forms as Nārāyaṇa or Kṛṣṇa.
  • The nondevotee impersonalists imagine the material forms of the Lord, and ultimately they merge in the impersonal brahmajyoti of the Lord, whereas the pure devotees of the Lord are worshipers of the Lord both in the beginning and also in the perfect stage of salvation, eternally.
  • Therefore the pure devotees of the Lord are described here as vipaścita, or the learned who are in the knowledge of the Lord perfectly.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 2.10.35 quotesBG 11.45

prasīda deveśa jagan-nivāsa. Arjuna, as a pure devotee of the Lord, never previously saw the contemplated universal form of the Lord (viśva-rūpa), but when he did see it, his curiosities were satisfied.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Inquiry → Conviction. Divine knowledge resolves fundamental cosmic uncertainty.

Chapters 8–10 of Canto 2: Parīkṣit questions; Brahmā receives revelation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions

Śukadeva outlines the Bhāgavatam’s subjects and describes creation through the Lord’s universal form.

Back to this verse in chapter 2.10
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. amunīall these
  2. bhagavatunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  3. rūpein the forms
  4. mayāby me
  5. teunto you
  6. hicertainly
  7. anuvarṇitedescribed respectively
  8. ubheboth
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 2.10

    In this verse: “devotees”, “devotional”, “worship”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 2.10

    In this verse: “material”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 2.10

    In this verse: “afraid”

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 does eternal worship deepen my understanding of the goal of devotional service?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Kṛṣṇa expressing your wish to continue serving Him.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPure Devotees Worship the Lord EternallyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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