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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.25.41
का नाम वीर विख्यातं वदान्यं प्रियदर्शनम् ।
न वृणीत प्रियं प्राप्तं मादृशी त्वादृशं पतिम् ॥ ४१ ॥
kā nāma vīra vikhyātaṁ
vadānyaṁ priya-darśanam
na vṛṇīta priyaṁ prāptaṁ
mādṛśī tvādṛśaṁ patim
O my dear hero, who in this world will not accept a husband like you? You are so famous, so magnanimous, so beautiful and so easily gotten.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The woman praises her prospective husband as famous, magnanimous, beautiful and easily obtained. The purport explains that a beloved husband appears heroic and beautiful to his wife.
The purport describes children, ornaments, good food and clothing as means by which a husband satisfies his wife and strengthens her attachment.
This description presents the woman as the center of material enjoyment. It shows how attraction and satisfaction bind a couple together.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Nārada’s allegory introduces Purañjana, his search for enjoyment, and his attraction to a woman.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.25Learn the Sanskrit words of the 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: “attachment”, “material”
Vātsalya · Parental affection
Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 4.25
In this verse: “children”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How much of my attachment to another person rests on the enjoyment I expect from them?
Notice one expectation of material comfort you place on a close relationship today.
The stories 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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