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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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Canto 4 · Chapter 29: Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
4.29.614.29.63

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.29.62

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 4.29.60inside 4 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → ViduraNārada Muni → King Prācīnabarhi

ममैते मनसा यद्यदसावहमिति ब्रुवन् ।

गृह्णीयात्तत्पुमान् राद्धं कर्म येन पुनर्भव: ॥ ६२ ॥

mamaite manasā yad yad

asāv aham iti bruvan

gṛhṇīyāt tat pumān rāddhaṁ

karma yena punar bhavaḥ

Translation

The living entity labors under the bodily conception of “I am this, I am that. My duty is this, and therefore I shall do it.” These are all mental impressions, and all these activities are temporary; nonetheless, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the living entity gets a chance to execute all his mental concoctions. Thus he gets another body.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Bodily Plans Continue Beyond Death

  1. 1

    Under the bodily conception, people compete to advance beyond others and make the body comfortable. These activities rest on temporary bodily identities.

  2. 2

    When the gross body is destroyed, the living entity carries his plans in the subtle body. According to the law of karma, he receives another body in which to pursue them.

  3. 3

    The Supreme Lord, the Supersoul, is situated within everyone’s heart. By His grace, the living entity receives remembrance and another opportunity to carry out previous plans.

Key points from the purport
  • Nārada Muni says in this verse that at death one takes his plans with him (gṛhṇīyāt), and to execute these plans he gets another body.
  • When the gross body is finished, the plans of the living entity are taken by the mind, and by the grace of the Lord the living entity gets a chance to give these plans shape in the next life.
  • After his body was destroyed, he doubtlessly carried his plans with him by means of the subtle body, composed of mind, intelligence and ego.

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· 1

The purport of SB 4.29.62 quotesBG 18.61

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine made of the material energy.”

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 29: Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi

Nārada explains the allegory and devotional service; Prācīnabarhi leaves home to perform austerities.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.29
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. mamamine
  2. eteall these
  3. manasāby the mind
  4. yat yatwhatever
  5. asauthat
  6. ahamI (am)
  7. itithus
  8. bruvanaccepting
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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

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 4.29

    In this verse: “duty”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 4.29

    In this verse: “grace”

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

Which of my plans rests mainly on bodily comfort or being ahead of others?

Practice

Write down one current ambition and identify the bodily designation or desire for comfort behind it.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayBodily Plans Continue Beyond DeathThis 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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