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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.4
श्रद्दधानाय भक्ताय ब्रूहि तज्जन्मविस्तरम् ।
ऋषे न तृप्यति मन: परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ ४ ॥
śraddadhānāya bhaktāya
brūhi taj-janma-vistaram
ṛṣe na tṛpyati manaḥ
paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi me
My mind has become very inquisitive, and therefore I am not satisfied with hearing the narration of the Lord’s appearance. Please, therefore, speak more and more to a devotee who is faithful.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
One who is actually faithful and inquisitive is qualified to hear the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Vidura was a suitable candidate to receive these transcendental messages. His faith was joined with a strong desire to understand.
Vidura asked to hear more and more about the Lord’s appearance. His inquisitive mind was not satisfied with what he had already heard.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Threat and anger → Rescue and wonder. Divine protection appears amid cosmic confrontation.
Chapters 13–19 of Canto 3: Varāha, Jaya and Vijaya, Hiraṇyākṣa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Diti desires sons, her husband performs a forbidden act, and their sons’ destruction by the Lord is foretold.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.14Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Īśānukathā · The science of God
Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10
Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting
Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 3.14
In this verse: “hearing”, “narration”, “heard”
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.14
In this verse: “devotee”
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 3.14
In this verse: “understand”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I nurture both faith and sincere inquiry when I study?
Reread one passage about the Lord’s appearance and write one sincere question about it.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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