🪷 ŚB 3.29.1-2

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ŚB 3.29.2requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pagecanonical reading passagereceived source-text passage preserved as the canonical reading targetŚB 3.29parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 3parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

Sanskrit

देवहूतिरुवाच लक्षणं महदादीनां प्रकृते: पुरुषस्य च । स्वरूपं लक्ष्यतेऽमीषां येन तत्पारमार्थिकम् ॥ १ ॥ यथा साङ्ख्येषु कथितं यन्मूलं तत्प्रचक्षते । भक्तियोगस्य मे मार्गं ब्रूहि विस्तरश: प्रभो ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

devahūtir uvāca lakṣaṇaṁ mahad-ādīnāṁ prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca svarūpaṁ lakṣyate ’mīṣāṁ yena tat-pāramārthikam
Synonyms
devahūtiḥ uvāca — Devahūti said; lakṣaṇam — symptoms; mahat-ādīnām — of the mahat-tattva and so on; prakṛteḥ — of material nature; puruṣasya — of the spirit; ca — and; svarūpam — the nature; lakṣyate — is described; amīṣām — of those; yena — by which; tat-pārama-arthikam — the true nature of them; yathā — as; sāṅkhyeṣu — in Sāṅkhya philosophy; kathitam — is explained; yat — of which; mūlam — ultimate end; tat — that; pracakṣate — they call; bhakti-yogasya — of devotional service; me — to me; mārgam — the path; brūhi — please explain; vistaraśaḥ — at length; prabho — my dear Lord Kapila.

Translation

Devahūti inquired: My dear Lord, You have already very scientifically described the symptoms of the total material nature and the characteristics of the spirit according to the Sāṅkhya system of philosophy. Now I shall request You to explain the path of devotional service, which is the ultimate end of all philosophical systems.

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