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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 7: Further Inquires by Vidura
3.7.133.7.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.7.14

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.7.9inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

अशेषसंक्लेशशमं विधत्ते गुणानुवादश्रवणं मुरारे: ।

किं वा पुनस्तच्चरणारविन्दपरागसेवारतिरात्मलब्धा ॥ १४ ॥

aśeṣa-saṅkleśa-śamaṁ vidhatte

guṇānuvāda-śravaṇaṁ murāreḥ

kiṁ vā punas tac-caraṇāravinda-

parāga-sevā-ratir ātma-labdhā

Translation

Simply by chanting and hearing of the transcendental name, form, etc., of the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one can achieve the cessation of unlimited miserable conditions. Therefore what to speak of those who have attained attraction for serving the flavor of the dust of the Lord’s lotus feet?

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing and Chanting Lead to Loving Service

  1. 1

    Hearing and chanting the transcendental name and form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, can end unlimited miserable conditions. Devotional service is the ultimate means of relief.

  2. 2

    Sādhana-bhakti is regulated devotional practice with our present senses under a pure devotee’s direction. Through this practice, sincere attachment to serving the Lord gradually develops.

  3. 3

    In rāga-bhakti, the mature devotee serves spontaneously out of loving attachment. Knowledge and mystic practice cannot give the desired result unless joined with bhakti.

Key points from the purport
  • The other is that of direct engagement in the transcendental loving devotional service of the Lord.
  • The two stages of executing devotional service are, first, the stage of practicing devotional service with our present senses under the regulations of the recognized scriptures and, second, attaining sincere attachment for serving the particles of the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord.
  • By practicing sādhana-bhakti one may gradually rise to the point of rāga-bhakti, and by performing rāga-bhakti in loving transcendental service one can even control the Supreme Powerful Lord.

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

Mystery → Cosmic wonder. The origin of the world is revealed through inquiry and divine grace.

Chapters 5–12 of Canto 3: Creation and Brahmā's bewilderment. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: Further Inquires by Vidura

Vidura asks about illusion, the soul, creation, religious duties, and the relationship between teacher and disciple.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. aśeṣaunlimited
  2. saṅkleśamiserable conditions
  3. śamamcessation
  4. vidhattecan perform
  5. guṇa-anuvādaof the transcendental name, form, qualities, pastimes, entourage and paraphernalia, etc.
  6. śravaṇamhearing and chanting
  7. murāreḥof Murāri (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), the Personality of Godhead
  8. kim vāwhat to speak of
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 3.7

    In this verse: “chanting”, “hearing”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 3.7

    In this verse: “devotional service”, “devotee’s”, “bhakti”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 3.7

    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 can I approach regular devotional practice as a way to develop sincere attachment to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Set aside five minutes today to chant Kṛṣṇa’s name attentively.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHearing and Chanting Lead to Loving ServiceThis 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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