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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
3.32.423.33.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.32.43

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Lord Kapilasince 3.32.39inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraLord Kapila → Devahūti

य इदं श‍ृणुयादम्ब श्रद्धया पुरुष: सकृत् ।

यो वाभिधत्ते मच्चित्त: स ह्येति पदवीं च मे ॥ ४३ ॥

ya idaṁ śṛṇuyād amba

śraddhayā puruṣaḥ sakṛt

yo vābhidhatte mac-cittaḥ

sa hy eti padavīṁ ca me

Translation

Anyone who once meditates upon Me with faith and affection, who hears and chants about Me, surely goes back home, back to Godhead.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear and Chant With Faith and Affection

  1. 1

    The Lord invites us to meditate upon Him with faith and affection. The translation emphasizes that even once doing so is significant.

  2. 2

    Hearing and chanting about the Lord accompany this affectionate meditation. These are direct ways to engage in devotional service.

  3. 3

    The Lord assures such a person of returning home, back to Godhead. Devotional service leads to this promised destination.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Thirty-second Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Entanglement in Fruitive Activities.”

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. yaḥhe who
  2. idamthis
  3. śṛṇuyātmay hear
  4. ambaO mother
  5. śraddhayāwith faith
  6. puruṣaḥa person
  7. sakṛtonce
  8. yaḥhe who
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 3.32

    In this verse: “chants”, “chanting”, “hearing”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.32

    In this verse: “devotional service”

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 can I bring more faith and affection to hearing and chanting about the Lord?

Practice

Read this verse’s translation aloud today, then spend a quiet moment meditating upon the Lord with affection.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHear and Chant With Faith and AffectionThis 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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