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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 7 · Chapter 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
7.15.637.15.65

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.15.64

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

यद् ब्रह्मणि परे साक्षात्सर्वकर्मसमर्पणम् ।

मनोवाक्तनुभि: पार्थ क्रियाद्वैतं तदुच्यते ॥ ६४ ॥

yad brahmaṇi pare sākṣāt

sarva-karma-samarpaṇam

mano-vāk-tanubhiḥ pārtha

kriyādvaitaṁ tad ucyate

Translation

My dear Yudhiṣṭhira [Pārtha], when all the activities one performs with his mind, words and body are dedicated directly to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one reaches oneness of activities, called kriyādvaita.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Unite All Activities in Kṛṣṇa's Service

  1. 1

    Kriyādvaita is oneness of activities: dedicating everything done with mind, words and body directly to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa asks that our actions, eating, offerings, giving and austerities be offered to Him. What we think and plan should also serve Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

  3. 3

    Chanting for Kṛṣṇa consciousness and working for Kṛṣṇa consciousness are one on the transcendental platform. This oneness must be understood under the spiritual master's guidance, not invented independently.

Key points from the purport
  • The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching people how to come to the stage of dedicating everything to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • If whatever we do, whatever we eat, whatever we think and whatever we plan is for the advancement of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, this is oneness.
  • But we must be guided by the spiritual master about this oneness; we should not manufacture our own oneness.

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 7.15.64 quotesBG 9.27

Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (9.27): “O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.”

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:

Such a devotee, even though not performing ritualistic ceremonies, advances in spiritual consciousness by the supreme will of the Personality of Godhead. One may actually become successful in spiritual consciousness by the mercy of devotees, or one may fall from spiritual consciousness by being disrespectful to devotees.
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. yatthat which
  2. brahmaṇiin the Supreme Brahman
  3. paretranscendental
  4. sākṣātdirectly
  5. sarvaof all
  6. karmaactivities
  7. samarpaṇamdedication
  8. manaḥby the mind
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “chanting”

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 part of my daily activity have I not yet considered offering to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one task today and consciously dedicate it to Kṛṣṇa's service, following the spiritual guidance you have received.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 7.15's connections

Live this todayUnite All Activities in Kṛṣṇa's ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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