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  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 24: Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
4.24.764.24.78

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.24.77

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 4.24.32inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraLord Śiva → the Pracetās

विन्दते पुरुषोऽमुष्माद्यद्यदिच्छत्यसत्वरम् ।

मद्गीतगीतात्सुप्रीताच्छ्रेयसामेकवल्लभात् ॥ ७७ ॥

vindate puruṣo ’muṣmād

yad yad icchaty asatvaram

mad-gīta-gītāt suprītāc

chreyasām eka-vallabhāt

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the dearmost objective of all auspicious benedictions. A human being who sings this song sung by me can please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a devotee, being fixed in the Lord’s devotional service, can acquire whatever he wants from the Supreme Lord.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Loving Service Brings Complete Satisfaction

  1. 1

    Singing this prayer pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee fixed in His service can receive whatever he desires from Him.

  2. 2

    One who attains the Lord’s favor has no greater gain to seek. Dhruva Mahārāja wanted no further benediction after seeing the Lord because he was perfectly satisfied.

  3. 3

    Every living entity is an eternal servant of the Lord. Constant loving service is life’s highest perfection, leaving nothing to aspire for separately.

Key points from the purport
  • As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (6.22), yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ: if one can attain the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has nothing to aspire for, nor does he desire any other gain.
  • Except for the service of the Supreme Lord, whatever we want is called illusion, māyā.
  • A faithful servant can fulfill any desire by the grace of the master, and one who engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord has nothing to aspire for separately.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 2

The purport of SB 4.24.77 quotesBG 6.22

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (6.22), yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ: if one can attain the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has nothing to aspire for, nor does he desire any other gain.

The purport of SB 4.24.77 quotesCC Madhya 20.108-109

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’: every living entity is an eternal servant of the Lord.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Worldly absorption → Sobering awareness. The mind's identification with material life becomes visible.

Chapters 24–29 of Canto 4: Śiva's song and the allegory of Purañjana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 24: Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva

Lord Śiva mercifully teaches the Pracetās prayers glorifying the Supreme Lord.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. vindateachieves
  2. puruṣaḥa devotee
  3. amuṣmātfrom the Personality of Godhead
  4. yat yatthat which
  5. icchatidesires
  6. asatvarambeing fixed
  7. mat-gītasung by me
  8. gītātby the song
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 4.24

    In this verse: “devotional service”, “devotee”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 4.24

    In this verse: “favor”

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

Do I seek the Lord’s service itself, or mainly the things I hope to receive from Him?

Practice

Recite a portion of this prayer today with the intention of pleasing the Lord rather than asking for a separate gain.

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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 4.24's connections

Live this todayLoving Service Brings Complete SatisfactionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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