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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
3.7.143.7.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.7.15

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Vidurasince 3.7.15inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

विदुर उवाच

संछिन्न: संशयो मह्यं तव सूक्तासिना विभो ।

उभयत्रापि भगवन्मनो मे सम्प्रधावति ॥ १५ ॥

vidura uvāca

sañchinnaḥ saṁśayo mahyaṁ

tava sūktāsinā vibho

ubhayatrāpi bhagavan

mano me sampradhāvati

Translation

Vidura said: O powerful sage, my lord, all my doubts about the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities have now been removed by your convincing words. My mind is now perfectly entering into them.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Authoritative Guidance Removes Doubts

  1. 1

    The science of Kṛṣṇa and the living entities is subtle. Even Vidura needed to consult a sage like Maitreya.

  2. 2

    The Lord is eternally the predominator, and living entities are eternally predominated. Real knowledge restores awareness of this relationship.

  3. 3

    Devotional service revives this lost consciousness. Clear understanding received from authorities removes doubts and steadies the disturbed mind.

Key points from the purport
  • The science of Kṛṣṇa, or the science of God and the living entities, is so subtle that even a personality like Vidura has to consult persons like the sage Maitreya.
  • The Lord is the eternal predominator, and the living entities are eternally predominated.
  • By clearly understanding from authorities like the sage Maitreya, one can become situated in real knowledge, and the disturbed mind can thus be fixed on the progressive path.

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. viduraḥ uvācaVidura said
  2. sañchinnaḥcut off
  3. saṁśayaḥdoubts
  4. mahyamunto me
  5. tavayour
  6. sūkta-asināby the weapon of convincing words
  7. vibhoO my lord
  8. ubhayatra apiboth in God and in the living entity
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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

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

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

    In this verse: “knowledge”, “understanding”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

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

    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

What doubt about my relationship with the Lord would I like to clarify through authoritative guidance?

Practice

Write down one spiritual doubt and reread this purport carefully for guidance.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAuthoritative Guidance Removes DoubtsThis 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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