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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 7 · Chapter 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
7.15.347.15.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.15.35

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.15.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

कामादिभिरनाविद्धं प्रशान्ताखिलवृत्ति यत् ।

चित्तं ब्रह्मसुखस्पृष्टं नैवोत्तिष्ठेत कर्हिचित् ॥ ३५ ॥

kāmādibhir anāviddhaṁ

praśāntākhila-vṛtti yat

cittaṁ brahma-sukha-spṛṣṭaṁ

naivottiṣṭheta karhicit

Translation

When one’s consciousness is uncontaminated by material lusty desires, it becomes calm and peaceful in all activities, for one is situated in eternal blissful life. Once situated on that platform, one does not return to materialistic activities.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Service Sustains Transcendental Bliss

  1. 1

    Consciousness free from material lusty desires becomes calm and peaceful in all activities. This is the platform of eternal, transcendental bliss.

  2. 2

    One who is transcendentally situated becomes joyful, neither lamenting nor hankering. Being equally disposed toward every living entity, one begins devotional service to the Lord.

  3. 3

    Generally, one does not come down from transcendental bliss. Yet without engagement in devotional service, there is a chance of returning to the material platform.

Key points from the purport
  • In this situation, he begins transcendental activities, or devotional service to the Lord.”
  • Generally, once elevated to the transcendental platform of brahma-sukha, transcendental bliss, one never comes down.
  • Āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ patanty adho ’nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ: one may rise to the platform of brahma-sukha, transcendental bliss, but even from that platform one may fall down to the material platform if he does not engage himself in devotional service.

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 7.15.35 quotesBG 18.54

Brahma-sukha-spṛṣṭam is also described in Bhagavad-gītā (18.54): “One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful.

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

Seriousness → Principled living. The example of bhakti becomes a guide to daily life.

Chapters 11–15 of Canto 7: Teachings on social and spiritual conduct. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One must conquer lusty desires, anger, greed, fear, lamentation, illusion, fright, unnecessary talks on material subjects, violence, the four miseries of material existence, and the three material qualities. That is the objective of human life.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. kāma-ādibhiḥby various lusty desires
  2. anāviddhamunaffected
  3. praśāntacalm and peaceful
  4. akhila-vṛttiin every respect, or in all activities
  5. yatthat which
  6. cittamconsciousness
  7. brahma-sukha-spṛṣṭambeing situated on the transcendental platform in eternal bliss
  8. nanot
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “lusty”, “material”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “devotional service”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “free from”

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

Am I seeking only inner peace, or also engagement in devotional service to the Lord?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today specifically for devotional service to the Lord.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDevotional Service Sustains Transcendental BlissThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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