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  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 24: The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
3.24.143.24.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.24.15

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Brahmāsince 3.24.12inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

अतस्त्वमृषिमुख्येभ्यो यथाशीलं यथारुचि ।

आत्मजा: परिदेह्यद्य विस्तृणीहि यशो भुवि ॥ १५ ॥

atas tvam ṛṣi-mukhyebhyo

yathā-śīlaṁ yathā-ruci

ātmajāḥ paridehy adya

vistṛṇīhi yaśo bhuvi

Translation

Therefore, today please give away your daughters to the foremost of the sages, with due regard for the girls’ temperaments and likings, and thereby spread your fame all over the universe.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Match Marriage Through Character and Taste

  1. 1

    Brahmā asked Kardama to give his daughters in marriage to the foremost sages according to their temperaments and likings. The matches were not to be made blindly.

  2. 2

    Character and taste are especially important in marriage. A union based only on sexual attraction neglects the qualities needed for a happy partnership.

  3. 3

    The Vedic system described here prepared men and women through spiritual knowledge before producing children. The spiritual master and the Vedas provide a second, spiritual birth.

Key points from the purport
  • The daughters should be handed over to the respective ṛṣis, not blindly, but according to the combination of character and taste.
  • If the taste and character differ between the man and woman, their combination will be unhappy.
  • A girl of godly quality should be handed over to a boy of godly quality.

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 24: The Renunciation of Kardama Muni

Kapila appears as Devahūti’s son, the daughters marry, and Kardama renounces family life with the Lord’s permission.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. ataḥtherefore
  2. tvamyou
  3. ṛṣi-mukhyebhyaḥunto the foremost sages
  4. yathā-śīlamaccording to temperament
  5. yathā-ruciaccording to taste
  6. ātma-jāḥyour daughters
  7. paridehiplease give away
  8. adyatoday
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Key ideas in this 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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 3.24

    In this verse: “children”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 3.24

    In this verse: “knowledge”

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

How much importance do I give to character and spiritual understanding when thinking about marriage?

Practice

Write down two qualities of character that matter more than physical attraction in marriage.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

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 3.24's connections

Live this todayMatch Marriage Through Character and TasteThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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