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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.29.15
निषेवितेनानिमित्तेन स्वधर्मेण महीयसा ।
क्रियायोगेन शस्तेन नातिहिंस्रेण नित्यश: ॥ १५ ॥
niṣevitenānimittena
sva-dharmeṇa mahīyasā
kriyā-yogena śastena
nātihiṁsreṇa nityaśaḥ
A devotee must execute his prescribed duties, which are glorious, without material profit. Without excessive violence, one should regularly perform one’s devotional activities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Anyone can serve the Supreme Lord through prescribed duties under the direction of a spiritual master or the Lord’s representative. No one should consider such duties inferior when they are performed in devotional service.
Duties become glorious when performed for the Lord without desire for profit. Kṛṣṇa is lovable, and one should serve Him regularly in whatever capacity one can.
In conditioned life, violence cannot be entirely avoided, but it must not exceed what is necessary or ordered by the Lord. A devotee offers Kṛṣṇa food prepared from vegetables with devotion and eats only prasāda, food offered to Him.
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 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.
Manvantara · The change of Manus
What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “devotional”, “devotee”, “devotional service”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “material”
Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct
Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “duties”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I perform one of my responsibilities as service to Kṛṣṇa rather than merely for personal gain?
Prepare a simple vegetable offering for Kṛṣṇa with devotion, and accept it afterward as prasāda.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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