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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.22.12
उद्यतस्य हि कामस्य प्रतिवादो न शस्यते ।
अपि निर्मुक्तसङ्गस्य कामरक्तस्य किं पुन: ॥ १२ ॥
udyatasya hi kāmasya
prativādo na śasyate
api nirmukta-saṅgasya
kāma-raktasya kiṁ punaḥ
To deny an offering that has come of itself is not commendable even for one absolutely free from all attachment, much less one addicted to sensual pleasure.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse discourages refusing a desired offering that comes without one's own endeavor, even for someone free from attachment.
Kardama Muni was not seeking sense gratification, yet he desired marriage and prayed to the Lord for a suitable wife.
Svāyambhuva Manu knew of this desire. He urged Kardama Muni to accept his daughter as the fulfillment of that prayer.
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 marries Devahūti with plans for later renunciation, and Manu returns home absorbed in Vāsudeva.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.22Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Manvantara · The change of Manus
What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.22
In this verse: “attachment”, “sense gratification”
Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment
Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 3.22
In this verse: “free from”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I thoughtfully recognize when something I have prayed for is being offered?
Recall one prayer and write down whether an opportunity related to it has already come.
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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