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  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 6 · Chapter 15: The Saints Nārada and Aṅgirā Instruct King Citraketu
6.15.176.15.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.15.18-19

Mukti· Liberation

इत्थं त्वां पुत्रशोकेन मग्नं तमसि दुस्तरे ।

अतदर्हमनुस्मृत्य महापुरुषगोचरम् ॥ १८ ॥

अनुग्रहाय भवत: प्राप्तावावामिह प्रभो ।

ब्रह्मण्यो भगवद्भ‍क्तो नावासादितुमर्हसि ॥ १९ ॥

itthaṁ tvāṁ putra-śokena

magnaṁ tamasi dustare

atad-arham anusmṛtya

mahāpuruṣa-gocaram

anugrahāya bhavataḥ

prāptāv āvām iha prabho

brahmaṇyo bhagavad-bhakto

nāvāsāditum arhasi

Translation

My dear King, you are an advanced devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To be absorbed in lamentation for the loss of something material is unsuitable for a person like you. Therefore we have both come to relieve you from this false lamentation, which is due to your being merged in the darkness of ignorance. For those who are advanced in spiritual knowledge to be affected by material loss and gain is not at all desirable.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seek Devotee Association Beyond Material Lamentation

  1. 1

    Aṅgirā Ṛṣi and Nārada came by their causeless mercy to relieve Mahārāja Citraketu's ignorance and lamentation. Absorption in material loss was unsuitable for an advanced devotee.

  2. 2

    A devotee should aspire to associate with and serve advanced devotees. Through the paramparā system, one engages in the service of the Supreme Lord.

  3. 3

    An advanced, self-realized devotee does not aspire for material profit or lament for material loss. Such a devotee is transcendental to conditional life.

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