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Canto 3 · The Status Quo · 33 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 3 · Chapter 23: Devahūti’s Lamentation

3.23.34 3.23.36-37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.23.35

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.23.12inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

भर्तु: पुरस्तादात्मानं स्त्रीसहस्रवृतं तदा ।

निशाम्य तद्योगगतिं संशयं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ३५ ॥

bhartuḥ purastād ātmānaṁ

strī-sahasra-vṛtaṁ tadā

niśāmya tad-yoga-gatiṁ

saṁśayaṁ pratyapadyata

Translation

She was amazed to find herself surrounded by a thousand maids in the presence of her husband and to witness his yogic power.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognizing Kardama Muni’s Yogic Power

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Devahūti found herself before her husband, surrounded by a thousand maids.
2
She was amazed at how everything had been accomplished miraculously.
3
She understood that these events were due to her husband’s great mystic power. Nothing seemed impossible for a yogī like Kardama Muni.

Key points from the purport

Devahūti saw everything miraculously done, yet when brought before her husband she could understand that it was all due to his great yogic mystic power.
She understood that nothing was impossible for a yogī like Kardama Muni.

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