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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 30: The Activities of the Pracetās
4.30.104.30.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.30.11

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Lordsince 4.30.9inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

यद्यूयं पितुरादेशमग्रहीष्ट मुदान्विता: ।

अथो व उशती कीर्तिर्लोकाननु भविष्यति ॥ ११ ॥

yad yūyaṁ pitur ādeśam

agrahīṣṭa mudānvitāḥ

atho va uśatī kīrtir

lokān anu bhaviṣyati

Translation

Because you have with pleasure accepted within your hearts the orders of your father and have executed those orders very faithfully, your attractive qualities will be celebrated all over the world.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Use Your Independence to Obey the Lord

  1. 1

    Every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and has a small measure of independence.

  2. 2

    With this independence, one can obey or disobey the Supreme Lord. The purport explains that obedience brings happiness, while disobedience brings unhappiness; the Lord does not force these upon anyone.

  3. 3

    The Pracetās gladly accepted and faithfully carried out their father’s orders. The Lord praised and blessed them for this obedience.

Key points from the purport
  • Because of his minute independence, the living entity can obey or disobey the orders of the Supreme Lord.
  • The Supreme Lord praised the Pracetās because they all faithfully obeyed the orders of their father.
  • The Lord therefore blessed the sons of King Prācīnabarhiṣat because they obeyed their father’s orders.

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

Search → Devotional resolution. Prayer and instruction redirect household and societal life.

Chapters 30–31 of Canto 4: Pracetās and Nārada's concluding guidance. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 30: The Activities of the Pracetās

The Lord appears to the Pracetās, who pray only for His satisfaction; Brahmā later pacifies them.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.30
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yatbecause
  2. yūyamyou
  3. pituḥof your father
  4. ādeśamthe order
  5. agrahīṣṭaaccepted
  6. mudā-anvitāḥin great happiness
  7. athotherefore
  8. vaḥyour
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Key ideas in this 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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 4.30

    In this verse: “father”, “father’s”

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 4.30

    In this verse: “blessed”

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

How am I using my small independence in responding to the Lord’s instructions?

Practice

Choose one instruction of the Supreme Lord that you already know and make a deliberate effort to follow it today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayUse Your Independence to Obey the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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