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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 22: The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti
3.22.253.22.28

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 3.22.26-27

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.22.21inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

आमन्‍त्र्‍य तं मुनिवरमनुज्ञात: सहानुग: ।

प्रतस्थे रथमारुह्य सभार्य: स्वपुरं नृप: ॥ २६ ॥

उभयोऋर्षिकुल्याया: सरस्वत्या: सुरोधसो: ।

ऋषीणामुपशान्तानां पश्यन्नाश्रमसम्पद: ॥ २७ ॥

āmantrya taṁ muni-varam

anujñātaḥ sahānugaḥ

pratasthe ratham āruhya

sabhāryaḥ sva-puraṁ nṛpaḥ

ubhayor ṛṣi-kulyāyāḥ

sarasvatyāḥ surodhasoḥ

ṛṣīṇām upaśāntānāṁ

paśyann āśrama-sampadaḥ

Translation

After asking and obtaining the great sage’s permission to leave, the monarch mounted his chariot with his wife and started for his capital, followed by his retinue. Along the way he saw the prosperity of the tranquil seers’ beautiful hermitages on both the charming banks of the Sarasvatī, the river so agreeable to saintly persons.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Simple Homes for Spiritual Cultivation

  1. 1

    After receiving the sage’s permission to leave, the monarch departed with his wife and retinue. Along the Sarasvatī, he saw the beautiful hermitages of tranquil sages.

  2. 2

    The purport describes neighborhoods called ṛṣi-kulas, where saintly persons lived for spiritual cultivation.

  3. 3

    The sages had no skyscrapers, yet their cottages and hermitages were beautiful. Their surroundings greatly pleased the King and his party.

Key points from the purport
  • As cities are constructed in the modern age with great engineering and architectural craftsmanship, so in days gone by there were neighborhoods called ṛṣi-kulas, where great saintly persons resided.
  • In India there are still many magnificent places for spiritual understanding; there are many ṛṣis and saintly persons living in nice cottages on the banks of the Ganges and Yamunā for purposes of spiritual cultivation.
  • The great sages had no skyscrapers, but the hermitages were so beautiful that the King was very much pleased at the sight.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Chapter 22: The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti

Kardama marries Devahūti with plans for later renunciation, and Manu returns home absorbed in Vāsudeva.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.22
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. āmantryataking permission to go
  2. tamfrom him (Kardama)
  3. muni-varamfrom the best of sages
  4. anujñātaḥbeing permitted to leave
  5. saha-anugaḥalong with his retinue
  6. pratasthestarted for
  7. ratham āruhyamounting his chariot
  8. sa-bhāryaḥalong with his wife
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Key ideas in this 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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 3.22

    In this verse: “king”

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

What makes a place supportive of spiritual cultivation rather than merely impressive?

Practice

Tidy one small, quiet space today for spiritual study.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySimple Homes for Spiritual CultivationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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