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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.26.6
एवं पराभिध्यानेन कर्तृत्वं प्रकृते: पुमान् ।
कर्मसु क्रियमाणेषु गुणैरात्मनि मन्यते ॥ ६ ॥
evaṁ parābhidhyānena
kartṛtvaṁ prakṛteḥ pumān
karmasu kriyamāṇeṣu
guṇair ātmani manyate
Because of his forgetfulness, the transcendental living entity accepts the influence of material energy as his field of activities, and thus actuated, he wrongly applies the activities to himself.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The forgetful living entity accepts activities performed under material nature as his own independent actions. He thinks himself in control while under material influence.
Consciousness is the symptom of the living entity and cannot be destroyed. Material consciousness has to be purified, not stopped.
The soul’s pure state is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Liberation comes by accepting Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, as master and changing material consciousness into Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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.
Ūti · The creative impetus
Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.26
In this verse: “material”
Śuddhi · Inner transformation
The reorientation of the heart toward service. · Theme in SB 3.26
In this verse: “purified”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where do I think myself independently in control rather than accepting Kṛṣṇa as master?
Before one task today, pause and consciously approach it as service to Kṛṣṇa rather than as an independent achievement.
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.
In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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