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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 25: The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana
4.25.294.25.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.25.30

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 4.25.7inside 5 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraNārada Muni → King PrācīnabarhiThe allegory of King Purañjana → Prācīnabarhi, as listener

यदेष मापाङ्गविखण्डितेन्द्रियं

सव्रीडभावस्मितविभ्रमद्भ्रुवा ।

त्वयोपसृष्टो भगवान्मनोभव:

प्रबाधतेऽथानुगृहाण शोभने ॥ ३० ॥

yad eṣa māpāṅga-vikhaṇḍitendriyaṁ

savrīḍa-bhāva-smita-vibhramad-bhruvā

tvayopasṛṣṭo bhagavān mano-bhavaḥ

prabādhate ’thānugṛhāṇa śobhane

Translation

Certainly your glancing upon me today has very much agitated my mind. Your smile, which is full of shyness but at the same time lusty, is agitating the most powerful cupid within me. Therefore, O most beautiful, I ask you to be merciful upon me.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Lust Draws the Senses Into Bondage

  1. 1

    Purañjana says that the woman’s glances and shy smile have agitated his mind. He asks her to be merciful to him.

  2. 2

    When lusty desires are stirred, the senses become attracted to enjoyable sound, touch, form, smell and taste.

  3. 3

    Through these attractions, living entities become dependent on one another for enjoyment. This mutual bondage continues conditional material life under the illusion of māyā.

Key points from the purport
  • Everyone has lusty desires within, and as soon as one is agitated by the movement of a beautiful woman’s eyebrows, the cupid within immediately throws his arrow at the heart.
  • Thus one is quickly conquered by the eyebrows of a beautiful woman.
  • Thus living entities live in bondage to one another, and thus they continue this conditional, material life illusioned by māyā.

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

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 25: The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana

Nārada’s allegory introduces Purañjana, his search for enjoyment, and his attraction to a woman.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.25
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatbecause
  2. eṣaḥthis
  3. māme
  4. apāṅgaby your glances
  5. vikhaṇḍitaagitated
  6. indriyamwhose senses or mind
  7. sa-vrīḍawith shyness
  8. bhāvaaffection
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 4.25

    In this verse: “lusty”, “illusion”, “māyā”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 4.25

    In this verse: “merciful”

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

When desire agitates me, how does it affect my dependence on another person for enjoyment?

Practice

When an agitating attraction arises today, pause before acting and identify which sense object is drawing your attention.

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The story around it

The stories this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayLust Draws the Senses Into BondageThis 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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