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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 3 · Chapter 15: Description of the Kingdom of God
3.15.243.15.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.15.25

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 3.15.24inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraLord Brahmā → the demigods

यच्च व्रजन्त्यनिमिषामृषभानुवृत्त्या

दूरेयमा ह्युपरि न: स्पृहणीयशीला: ।

भर्तुर्मिथ: सुयशस: कथनानुराग-

वैक्लव्यबाष्पकलया पुलकीकृताङ्गा: ॥ २५ ॥

yac ca vrajanty animiṣām ṛṣabhānuvṛttyā

dūre yamā hy upari naḥ spṛhaṇīya-śīlāḥ

bhartur mithaḥ suyaśasaḥ kathanānurāga-

vaiklavya-bāṣpa-kalayā pulakī-kṛtāṅgāḥ

Translation

Persons whose bodily features change in ecstasy and who breathe heavily and perspire due to hearing the glories of the Lord are promoted to the kingdom of God, even though they do not care for meditation and other austerities. The kingdom of God is above the material universes, and it is desired by Brahmā and other demigods.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion Develops Qualities Fit for Vaikuṇṭha

  1. 1

    The kingdom of God is above the material universes and is desired even by Brahmā. Those deeply moved by hearing the Lord’s glories are promoted there.

  2. 2

    All good qualities develop in a devotee who accepts Kṛṣṇa consciousness as life’s highest goal. These include humility, peacefulness, tolerance and kindness to all living entities.

  3. 3

    The Lord is nondifferent from His holy name. Chanting without offenses can awaken ecstatic symptoms, and the purport carefully explains offenses to avoid.

Key points from the purport
  • The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Second Canto, Third Chapter, verse 24, also states that if a person does not cry or exhibit bodily changes after chanting the holy name of God without offense, it is to be understood that he is hardhearted and that therefore his heart does not change even after he chants the holy name of God, Hare Kṛṣṇa.
  • The seventh offense is to act sinfully on the strength of chanting the holy name of God.
  • There it is said in verse 31, Chapter Eight, of Ādi-līlā, that if anyone takes shelter of Lord Caitanya and just chants the holy name of the Lord, Hare Kṛṣṇa, he becomes freed from all offenses.

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

Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 24.88

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.15.25).

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

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

Further reading

Chapter 15: Description of the Kingdom of God

Brahmā describes Vaikuṇṭha, where the Kumāras curse two doorkeepers and then behold the Lord.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatVaikuṇṭha
  2. caand
  3. vrajantigo
  4. animiṣāmof the demigods
  5. ṛṣabhachief
  6. anuvṛttyāfollowing in the footsteps
  7. dūrekeeping at a distance
  8. yamāḥregulative principles
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 3.15

    In this verse: “hearing”, “chanting”, “holy name”

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 3.15

    In this verse: “ecstasy”, “ecstatic”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.15

    In this verse: “material”

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

Which quality of a devotee most needs attention in my life today?

Practice

Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa today while remembering that the Lord is nondifferent from His name.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDevotion Develops Qualities Fit for VaikuṇṭhaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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