Srimad Bhagavatam — Saptama Skandha, Shloka 35

Nārada’s Instructions: Śrāddha, True Dharma, Contentment, Yoga, and Devotion-Centered Renunciation

Devanagari script

कामादिभिरनाविद्धं प्रशान्ताखिलवृत्ति यत् । चित्तं ब्रह्मसुखस्पृष्टं नैवोत्तिष्ठेत कर्हिचित् ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

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.

Synonyms

• कामादिभिः: by desires and the like
• कामादिभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कामाः आदयः); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) बहुवचन; करण/हेतु-अर्थे

• अनाविद्धम्: unpierced, untainted
• अनाविद्धम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न+आ+विद् (धातु) → आविद्ध (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चित्तम्)

• प्रशान्त-अखिल-वृत्ति: whose all mental modifications are pacified
• प्रशान्त-अखिल-वृत्ति: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशान्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अखिल (प्रातिपदिक) + वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (अखिलाः वृत्तयः यस्य प्रशान्ताः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चित्तम्)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Anvaya-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/यत्-तत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• चित्तम्: the mind
• चित्तम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन

• ब्रह्म-सुख-स्पृष्टम्: touched by the bliss of Brahman
• ब्रह्म-सुख-स्पृष्टम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + स्पृष्ट (स्पृश् धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मसुखेन स्पृष्टम्); भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चित्तम्)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• उत्तिष्ठेत: should rise up, should become active
• उत्तिष्ठेत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कर्हिचित्: ever, at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Kāla-viśeṣaṇa (कालविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हि (अव्यय) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (at any time/ever)

Purport

Brahma-sukha-spṛṣṭam is also described in Bhagavad-gītā (18.54) :

Characters & Entities

• Nārada Muni
• Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about conquering lust and other passions?

This verse says that when the mind is no longer pierced by lust and similar impulses and becomes fully शांत (pacified), it is fit to be touched by spiritual bliss and stops returning to worldly agitation.

Why did Nārada Muni speak this teaching to Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja?

In Canto 7, Chapter 15, Nārada instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the path of liberation; here he describes the mark of true inner peace—mind freed from kāma and settled in spiritual happiness.

Practical application of a pacified mind (praśānta-citta) in modern life?

Reduce sense-driven habits, cultivate steady sādhana (hearing/chanting, prayer, meditation), and redirect desire toward devotion—so the mind gradually stops chasing agitation and tastes higher spiritual joy.