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  1. 1Chant the verseSay the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meaningsGo through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourselfBefore the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translationAsk: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowlyRead it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched youNote the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 2 · Chapter 2: The Lord in the Heart
2.2.202.2.22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 2.2.21

तस्माद् भ्रुवोरन्तरमुन्नयेत

निरुद्धसप्तायतनोऽनपेक्ष: ।

स्थित्वा मुहूर्तार्धमकुण्ठद‍ृष्टि-

र्निर्भिद्य मूर्धन् विसृजेत्परं गत: ॥ २१ ॥

tasmād bhruvor antaram unnayeta

niruddha-saptāyatano ’napekṣaḥ

sthitvā muhūrtārdham akuṇṭha-dṛṣṭir

nirbhidya mūrdhan visṛjet paraṁ gataḥ

Translation

Thereafter the bhakti-yogī should push the life air up between the eyebrows, and then, blocking the seven outlets of the life air, he should maintain his aim for going back home, back to Godhead. If he is completely free from all desires for material enjoyment, he should then reach the cerebral hole and give up his material connections, having gone to the Supreme.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Aim for Personal Association with the Lord

  1. 1

    Returning home, back to Godhead, requires freedom from desires for material enjoyment. Even a long life in Brahmaloka should not draw one away from this aim.

  2. 2

    Material detachment becomes possible through understanding spiritual life and its supreme association. Spiritual life is not without variety: devotees know the Personality of Godhead and His association in the Vaikuṇṭhalokas.

  3. 3

    One whose aim is fixed on the spiritual world and personal association with the Lord can give up material attachment even while living here. One who reaches that supreme abode does not return to the material world.

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