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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 24: The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
3.24.463.25.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.24.47

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.24.41inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

इच्छाद्वेषविहीनेन सर्वत्र समचेतसा ।

भगवद्भक्तियुक्तेन प्राप्ता भागवती गति: ॥ ४७ ॥

icchā-dveṣa-vihīnena

sarvatra sama-cetasā

bhagavad-bhakti-yuktena

prāptā bhāgavatī gatiḥ

Translation

Freed from all hatred and desire, Kardama Muni, being equal to everyone because of discharging uncontaminated devotional service, ultimately attained the path back to Godhead.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Devotion Leads Back to Godhead

  1. 1

    Through uncontaminated devotional service, Kardama Muni became free from hatred and desire. His mind was equal toward everyone.

  2. 2

    Only devotional service enables one to understand the Supreme Lord's transcendental nature. Understanding Him in this way opens the path into the kingdom of God.

  3. 3

    By perfect devotional knowledge and service, Kardama Muni attained the ultimate goal of life: going back home, back to Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, only by devotional service can one understand the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord and, after understanding Him perfectly in His transcendental position, enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Kardama Muni, by his perfect devotional knowledge and service, achieved this ultimate goal, which is known as bhāgavatī gatiḥ.
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Renunciation of 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

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. icchādesire
  2. dveṣaand hatred
  3. vihīnenafreed from
  4. sarvatraeverywhere
  5. samaequal
  6. cetasāwith the mind
  7. bhagavatunto the Personality of Godhead
  8. bhakti-yuktenaby discharging devotional service
  9. prāptāwas attained
  10. bhāgavatī gatiḥthe destination of the devotee (going back home, back to Godhead)
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “devotional service”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

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

    In this verse: “knowledge”, “understand”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 3.24

    In this verse: “free from”

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 clearly is devotional service, rather than personal desire, guiding my goal in life?

Practice

Reread this translation and choose one small act of devotional service to perform today without seeking personal gain.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPure Devotion Leads Back to GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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