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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.26.7
य एवं कर्म नियतं विद्वान् कुर्वीत मानव: ।
कर्मणा तेन राजेन्द्र ज्ञानेन न स लिप्यते ॥ ७ ॥
ya evaṁ karma niyataṁ
vidvān kurvīta mānavaḥ
karmaṇā tena rājendra
jñānena na sa lipyate
Nārada Muni continued to speak to King Prācīnabarhiṣat: My dear King, any person who works according to the directions of the Vedic scriptures does not become involved in fruitive activities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vedic injunctions restrain and regulate activities done for personal enjoyment. Following them helps a person gradually become free from material bondage.
One should work to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu; otherwise actions produce reactions that bind the living entity. The aim is freedom from birth, death, old age and disease, not merely regulated enjoyment.
Vedic knowledge comes directly from God through paramparā, the disciplic succession, and is free from human defects. Kṛṣṇa instructed Brahmā through the heart, and that knowledge was passed on.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of SB 4.26.7 quotesBG 3.9
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (3.9), yajñārthāt karmaṇaḥ: one should act only for the performance of yajña, or to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu.
The purport of SB 4.26.7 quotesSB 1.1.1
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.1.1) it is said, tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye: the original creature of this universe, known as the ādi-kavi, or Lord Brahmā, was instructed by Kṛṣṇa through the heart.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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
Purañjana kills innocent animals while hunting, then returns and tries to soothe his distressed queen.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.26Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Manvantara · The change of Manus
What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.26
In this verse: “king”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 4.26
In this verse: “material”
Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment
Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 4.26
In this verse: “free from”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I doing my work only for personal results, or seeking to satisfy the Lord?
Before one task today, pause and set the intention to perform it as service for Lord Viṣṇu’s satisfaction.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.
The purport quotesSB 1.1.1
Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 4.26's connections
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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