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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 32: Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
3.32.233.32.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.32.24

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Personality of Godheadsince 3.32.1inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraLord Kapila → Devahūti

यदास्य चित्तमर्थेषु समेष्विन्द्रियवृत्तिभि: ।

न विगृह्णाति वैषम्यं प्रियमप्रियमित्युत ॥ २४ ॥

yadāsya cittam artheṣu

sameṣv indriya-vṛttibhiḥ

na vigṛhṇāti vaiṣamyaṁ

priyam apriyam ity uta

Translation

The exalted devotee’s mind becomes equipoised in sensory activities, and he is transcendental to that which is agreeable and not agreeable.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

An Equipoised Mind Seeks the Lord’s Satisfaction

  1. 1

    An advanced devotee does not act for personal sense gratification. Whatever he does or thinks is for the satisfaction of the Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Because he accepts everything in spiritual vision, his mind remains equipoised amid agreeable and disagreeable experiences.

  3. 3

    Detachment and transcendental knowledge develop naturally in an advanced devotee. He shares the Lord’s transcendental qualities and in that sense becomes qualitatively one with Him.

Key points from the purport
  • The significance of advancement in transcendental knowledge and detachment from material attraction is exhibited in the personality of a highly advanced devotee.
  • Actually there is nothing good in the material world.
  • The conclusion is that an advanced devotee dovetails himself in the transcendental qualities of the Lord, and in that sense he becomes qualitatively one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Chapter 32: Entanglement in Fruitive Activities

Kapila contrasts temporary material rewards with the knowledge and detachment gained through devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.32
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yadāwhen
  2. asyaof the devotee
  3. cittamthe mind
  4. artheṣuin the sense objects
  5. sameṣusame
  6. indriya-vṛttibhiḥby the activities of the senses
  7. nanot
  8. vigṛhṇātidoes perceive
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Key ideas in this 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 3.32

    In this verse: “devotee’s”, “devotee”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 3.32

    In this verse: “detachment”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 3.32

    In this verse: “knowledge”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might seeking the Lord’s satisfaction change your response to something disagreeable?

Practice

Before one task today, pause and choose to do it for the Lord’s satisfaction rather than your own enjoyment.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAn Equipoised Mind Seeks the Lord’s SatisfactionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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