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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
3.32.73.32.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.32.8

Nirodha· Winding up
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

द्विपरार्धावसाने य: प्रलयो ब्रह्मणस्तु ते ।

तावदध्यासते लोकं परस्य परचिन्तका: ॥ ८ ॥

dvi-parārdhāvasāne yaḥ

pralayo brahmaṇas tu te

tāvad adhyāsate lokaṁ

parasya para-cintakāḥ

Translation

Worshipers of the Hiraṇyagarbha expansion of the Personality of Godhead remain within this material world until the end of two parārdhas, when Lord Brahmā also dies.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Always Think of the Supreme Lord

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    Worshipers of Hiraṇyagarbha, the plenary expansion Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, remain on higher planets until the end of Brahmā’s life. Then they enter the spiritual kingdom with him.

  2. 2

    Being always Kṛṣṇa conscious means always thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa includes the complete category of viṣṇu-tattva, with His incarnations and plenary expansions.

  3. 3

    Fully Kṛṣṇa conscious persons enter directly into the Vaikuṇṭha planets. Worshipers of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu enter after the universe’s dissolution.

Key points from the purport
  • Persons who are worshipers of Hiraṇyagarbha, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, do not directly approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Vaikuṇṭha.
  • The words parasya para-cintakāḥ mean “always thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,” or being always Kṛṣṇa conscious.
  • Such persons enter directly into the kingdom of God, the Vaikuṇṭha planets, or, if they are worshipers of the plenary portion Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, they remain within this universe until its dissolution, and after that they enter.

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. dvi-parārdhatwo parārdhas
  2. avasāneat the end of
  3. yaḥwhich
  4. pralayaḥdeath
  5. brahmaṇaḥof Lord Brahmā
  6. tuindeed
  7. tethey
  8. tāvatso long
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    In this verse: “worshipers”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.32

    In this verse: “material”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 3.32

    In this verse: “kingdom”

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

What could help me remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead more often?

Practice

Set aside one quiet minute today to think of Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, present with His plenary expansions.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 3.32's connections

Live this todayAlways Think of the Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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