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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 4 · Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting
4.11.294.11.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.11.30

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Manusince 4.11.16inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

त्वं प्रत्यगात्मनि तदा भगवत्यनन्त

आनन्दमात्र उपपन्नसमस्तशक्तौ ।

भक्तिं विधाय परमां शनकैरविद्या-

ग्रन्थिं विभेत्स्यसि ममाहमिति प्ररूढम् ॥ ३० ॥

tvaṁ pratyag-ātmani tadā bhagavaty ananta

ānanda-mātra upapanna-samasta-śaktau

bhaktiṁ vidhāya paramāṁ śanakair avidyā-

granthiṁ vibhetsyasi mamāham iti prarūḍham

Translation

Thus regaining your natural position and rendering service unto the Supreme Lord, who is the all-powerful reservoir of all pleasure and who lives in all living entities as the Supersoul, you will very soon forget the illusory understanding of “I” and “my.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Service Loosens “I” and “Mine”

  1. 1

    Although Dhruva Mahārāja was already liberated, he was temporarily affected by bodily identification, thinking himself the brother of Uttama.

  2. 2

    The conceptions of “I” and “mine” are the root of attraction to the material world. Attachment to them keeps one within material life.

  3. 3

    By Lord Kṛṣṇa’s grace, Dhruva Mahārāja was reminded to give up this illusion through devotional service. The Supreme Lord lives in all beings as the Supersoul and is the reservoir of all pleasure.

Key points from the purport
  • The whole material world is working on the basis of “I” and “mine.”
  • If one is attracted by this root of illusory conceptions — “I” and “mine” — he will have to remain within this material world in different exalted or nasty positions.
  • Simply by devotional service unto the Lord his illusion could be eradicated without difficulty.

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

Rejection → Transformed aspiration. A child's wounded pride is purified by divine encounter.

Chapters 8–12 of Canto 4: Dhruva seeks and encounters the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

Svāyambhuva Manu urges Dhruva to stop killing innocent Yakṣas and turn his attention to the Supreme Lord.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.11
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tvamyou
  2. pratyak-ātmaniunto the Supersoul
  3. tadāat that time
  4. bhagavatiunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  5. anantewho is unlimited
  6. ānanda-mātrethe reservoir of all pleasure
  7. upapannapossessed of
  8. samastaall
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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

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 4.11

    In this verse: “attachment”, “illusion”, “material”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 4.11

    In this verse: “understanding”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 4.11

    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

Where do thoughts of “I” and “mine” draw my attention away from serving the Lord?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today for devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, remembering Him rather than your own claims of ownership.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDevotional Service Loosens “I” and “Mine”This 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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