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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 8 · Chapter 4: Gajendra Returns to the Spiritual World

8.4.17-24 8.4.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.4.25

Nirodha· Winding up

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:The Supreme Personality of Godheadsince 8.4.17-24inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ये मां स्तुवन्त्यनेनाङ्ग प्रतिबुध्य निशात्यये ।

तेषां प्राणात्यये चाहं ददामि विपुलां गतिम् ॥ २५ ॥

ye māṁ stuvanty anenāṅga

pratibudhya niśātyaye

teṣāṁ prāṇātyaye cāhaṁ

dadāmi vipulāṁ gatim

Translation

My dear devotee, unto those who rise from bed at the end of night and offer Me the prayers offered by you, I give an eternal residence in the spiritual world at the end of their lives.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Promises an Eternal Spiritual Home

1
The Lord affectionately addresses Gajendra as His dear devotee.
2
He asks that those who rise at the end of night offer Him the prayers offered by Gajendra.
3
To those who do so, the Lord promises an eternal residence in the spiritual world at the end of their lives.

How it feels

Helplessness → Surrender and rescue. A mighty animal finally realizes the limits of strength.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 8: Gajendra's struggle and prayers. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 4: Gajendra Returns to the Spiritual World

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī says that by hearing the narration of Gajendra’s deliverance, one can also get the opportunity to be delivered. Śukadeva Gosvāmī vividly describes this, and thus the chapter ends.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 8.4

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

yethose who
māmunto Me
stuvantioffer prayers
anenain this way
aṅgaO King
pratibudhyagetting up
niśa-atyayeat the end of night
teṣāmfor them

Key ideas in this verse

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

Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead
What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 8.4
In this verse: “devotee”

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the Lord’s promise encourage me to make time for prayer?

Practice

Set aside a time at the end of night to rise and offer Gajendra’s prayers to the Lord.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Promises an Eternal Spiritual HomeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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