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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.26.2
ज्ञानं नि:श्रेयसार्थाय पुरुषस्यात्मदर्शनम् ।
यदाहुर्वर्णये तत्ते हृदयग्रन्थिभेदनम् ॥ २ ॥
jñānaṁ niḥśreyasārthāya
puruṣasyātma-darśanam
yad āhur varṇaye tat te
hṛdaya-granthi-bhedanam
Knowledge is the ultimate perfection of self-realization. I shall explain that knowledge unto you by which the knots of attachment to the material world are cut.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Self-realization means seeing oneself as one truly is. This seeing comes through hearing from an authoritative source and accepting Kapiladeva’s explanation as it is, without interpretation.
Every individual soul is eternally a servant of Kṛṣṇa. Understanding that one is part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, with an eternal position of service, is self-realization.
False identification with the body and material world entraps one in māyā. Real knowledge cuts the knot of material attraction by freeing one from this false ego.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Entanglement → Insight and liberation. Inquiry matures into instruction in devotion and spiritual nature.
Chapters 25–33 of Canto 3: Kapila instructs Devahūti. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Kapila explains material nature, consciousness, time, the elements, and the manifestation of the universal form.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.26Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Mukti · Liberation
What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.26
In this verse: “attachment”, “material”, “māyā”
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 3.26
In this verse: “knowledge”, “understanding”
Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting
Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 3.26
In this verse: “hearing”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering that I am Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servant change how I see myself?
Spend one minute today reflecting on this teaching: “My eternal position is to serve Kṛṣṇa.”
The story this chapter belongs to.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it · quoted in 1 more lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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