1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.29.8
अभिसन्धाय यो हिंसां दम्भं मात्सर्यमेव वा ।
संरम्भी भिन्नदृग्भावं मयि कुर्यात्स तामस: ॥ ८ ॥
abhisandhāya yo hiṁsāṁ
dambhaṁ mātsaryam eva vā
saṁrambhī bhinna-dṛg bhāvaṁ
mayi kuryāt sa tāmasaḥ
Devotional service executed by a person who is envious, proud, violent and angry, and who is a separatist, is considered to be in the mode of darkness.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Devotional service mixed with violence, pride, envy and anger is in the mode of darkness. Thinking oneself the best devotee does not make one's devotion pure.
Pure devotional service aims only to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the conditioned stage, one should serve in full surrender under a bona fide spiritual master's direction.
A devotee of poor character may be respected for accepting the Supreme Lord as life's goal. Still, one should not keep company with a devotee acting in the mode of ignorance.
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.
Ūti · The creative impetus
Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “devotional service”, “devotee”
Dainya · Humility
Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “proud”, “pride”
Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender
Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 3.29
In this verse: “surrender”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do pride or envy draw my attention away from pleasing the Lord?
Before serving today, notice any wish to appear better than others and deliberately turn your intention toward pleasing the Lord.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask the BhāgavatamHave a question about SB 3.29.8? Get an answer from the verses themselves.