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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.21.4
तस्यां स वै महायोगी युक्तायां योगलक्षणै: ।
ससर्ज कतिधा वीर्यं तन्मे शुश्रूषवे वद ॥ ४ ॥
tasyāṁ sa vai mahā-yogī
yuktāyāṁ yoga-lakṣaṇaiḥ
sasarja katidhā vīryaṁ
tan me śuśrūṣave vada
How many offspring did that great yogī beget through the princess, who was endowed with eightfold perfection in the yoga principles? Oh, pray tell me this, for I am eager to hear it.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kardama and Devahūti were both advanced in yoga. Vidura eagerly asked about the children they produced.
The eight divisions of yoga include sense control, following rules, postures, breath control, withdrawing the senses, concentration, meditation and self-realization.
Great sages formerly perfected their lives before begetting children; otherwise, they observed celibacy. Unrestricted sense enjoyment and payment to a supposed teacher cannot make someone a great meditator.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Longing and service → Preparedness. Family devotion turns toward higher spiritual fulfillment.
Chapters 20–24 of Canto 3: Kardama, Devahūti, family and renunciation. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Kardama performs penance, receives the Lord’s blessings, and welcomes Manu, who travels with his wife and daughter.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.21Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Visarga · Subcreation
How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10
Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct
Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 3.21
In this verse: “principles”
Vātsalya · Parental affection
Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 3.21
In this verse: “children”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to practice discipline rather than seek spiritual shortcuts?
Choose one unnecessary sense indulgence to set aside today as a small exercise in self-control.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.
Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 3.21's connections
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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