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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.29.13
सालोक्यसार्ष्टिसामीप्यसारूप्यैकत्वमप्युत ।
दीयमानं न गृह्णन्ति विना मत्सेवनं जना: ॥ १३ ॥
sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya-
sārūpyaikatvam apy uta
dīyamānaṁ na gṛhṇanti
vinā mat-sevanaṁ janāḥ
A pure devotee does not accept any kind of liberation — sālokya, sārṣṭi, sāmīpya, sārūpya or ekatva — even though they are offered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya prays to remain a pure devotee life after life, without seeking wealth, a beautiful wife, or followers. A devotee is satisfied even in this material world if able to render devotional service.
A pure devotee never accepts merging into the Supreme Lord’s effulgence. The devotee may accept residence on a Vaikuṇṭha planet to serve the Lord there, but liberation itself is not the goal.
Neither material nor spiritual prosperity attracts the pure devotee. Simply serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the devotee’s highest happiness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.45.1
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura points out that the word jana may be translated here as “devotees,” as in the verse dīyamānaṁ na gṛhṇanti vinā mat-sevanaṁ janaḥ.
Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 9.268
This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.29.13).
Quoted in the purport ofCC Antya 3.189
This verse is spoken by Lord Kapila, an avatāra of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.29.13).
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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 devotional service, honoring the Lord’s presence in all beings, and the power of time.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.29Learn 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
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “devotee”, “devotional service”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “wealth”, “material”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I learning to value service to the Lord more than the benefits it might bring?
Offer a short prayer asking for the opportunity to serve the Lord, without asking for material or spiritual rewards.
The story this chapter belongs to.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 3 lectures. 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.
Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.
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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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