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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 24: The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
3.24.33.24.5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.24.4

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The sagesince 3.24.2inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

स त्वयाराधित: शुक्लो वितन्वन्मामकंयश: ।

छेत्ता ते हृदयग्रन्थिमौदर्यो ब्रह्मभावन: ॥ ४ ॥

sa tvayārādhitaḥ śuklo

vitanvan māmakaṁ yaśaḥ

chettā te hṛdaya-granthim

audaryo brahma-bhāvanaḥ

Translation

The Personality of Godhead, being worshiped by you, will spread my name and fame. He will vanquish the knot of your heart by becoming your son and teaching knowledge of Brahman.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spiritual Knowledge Cuts the Heart’s Knot

  1. 1

    The Supreme Personality of Godhead is everyone’s father, yet He accepts devotees as His parents by His inconceivable energy, pleased by their devotional service.

  2. 2

    False ego knots matter and spirit together through identification with the body. Attachment to sex life, possessions and material relationships tightens this knot.

  3. 3

    Bona fide spiritual instruction cuts the knot of material identification. The Lord would appear as Devahūti’s son and teach this spiritual knowledge.

Key points from the purport
  • When the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes to disseminate spiritual knowledge for the benefit of all people, He generally descends as the son of a devotee, being pleased by the devotee’s devotional service.
  • It is explained here that spiritual knowledge vanquishes the knot of the heart.
  • Kardama Muni instructed his wife, Devahūti, that the Lord would appear as her son and disseminate spiritual knowledge to cut the knot of material identification.

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. saḥHe
  2. tvayāby you
  3. ārādhitaḥbeing worshiped
  4. śuklaḥthe Personality of Godhead
  5. vitanvanspreading
  6. māmakammy
  7. yaśaḥfame
  8. chettāHe will cut
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.24

    In this verse: “worshiped”, “devotional service”, “devotees”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.24

    In this verse: “attachment”, “material”

  • 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

Which material attachment most strongly shapes my sense of who I am?

Practice

Name one material attachment in writing, then reread the passage explaining how spiritual instruction cuts the heart’s knot.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySpiritual Knowledge Cuts the Heart’s KnotThis 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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