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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.7.17
यश्च मूढतमो लोके यश्च बुद्धे: परं गत: ।
तावुभौ सुखमेधेते क्लिश्यत्यन्तरितो जन: ॥ १७ ॥
yaś ca mūḍhatamo loke
yaś ca buddheḥ paraṁ gataḥ
tāv ubhau sukham edhete
kliśyaty antarito janaḥ
Both the lowest of fools and he who is transcendental to all intelligence enjoy happiness, whereas persons between them suffer the material pangs.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Those unaware of material miseries may imagine themselves happy in sense gratification and hard labor. Their so-called happiness is not freedom from suffering.
Liberated persons situated beyond material intelligence are truly happy. They are called paramahaṁsas.
Those between ignorance and liberation feel the pangs of material life. For them, inquiry into the Supreme Truth is necessary.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Vidura asks about illusion, the soul, creation, religious duties, and the relationship between teacher and disciple.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.7Learn the Sanskrit words of the 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
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 3.7
In this verse: “material”, “sense gratification”
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 3.7
In this verse: “inquiry”
Karuṇā · Compassion
Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 3.7
In this verse: “suffering”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do my difficulties lead me toward inquiry into the Supreme Truth or toward more sense gratification?
Write one sincere question about the Supreme Truth prompted by a difficulty you have experienced.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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