Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 25

Devahūti’s Prayers, Kapila’s Departure, and Devahūti’s Liberation

Siddhapada

Devanagari script

भक्तिप्रवाहयोगेन वैराग्येण बलीयसा । युक्तानुष्ठानजातेन ज्ञानेन ब्रह्महेतुना ॥ २४ ॥ विशुद्धेन तदात्मानमात्मना विश्वतोमुखम् । स्वानुभूत्या तिरोभूतमायागुणविशेषणम् ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

bhakti-pravāha-yogena vairāgyeṇa balīyasā yuktānuṣṭhāna-jātena jñānena brahma-hetunā

Translation

By the yoga of bhakti’s unbroken flow, by powerful renunciation, and by knowledge born of disciplined practice—knowledge leading to Brahman—she became fully purified. With a cleansed heart she was absorbed in meditation on the Supreme Person, who faces all directions, and by direct realization all doubts arising from māyā’s modes vanished.

Synonyms

• विशुद्धेन: by the purified (one/means)
• विशुद्धेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental Singular; ‘by the purified (means/knowledge)’

• तत्-आत्मानम्: that Self (his own Self)
• तत्-आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘तस्य आत्मानम्’ = his Self)

• आत्मना: by the self
• आत्मना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विश्वतः-मुखम्: having faces on all sides
• विश्वतः-मुखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वतः (अव्यय) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; अव्ययीभावः (‘विश्वतः’ = from all sides + ‘मुख’ = face)

• स्व-अनुभूत्या: by direct self-experience
• स्व-अनुभूत्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुभूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘स्वस्य अनुभूतिः’)

• तिरोभूत-माया-गुण-विशेषणम्: whose māyā-born qualities/attributes are concealed
• तिरोभूत-माया-गुण-विशेषणम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिरोभूत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + माया (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + विशेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘मायायाः गुणाः’ → ‘माया-गुण’; ‘गुणानां विशेषणम्’; ‘तिरोभूतं (येन)’ = whose māyā-guṇa-attributes are concealed)

Characters & Entities

• Kapila
• Devahūti

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 say about transcending māyā and the guṇas?

This verse explains that through purified inner being and direct realization (svānubhūti), one perceives the Supreme as all-pervading and beyond the designations created by māyā and the guṇas.

Why does Lord Kapila teach Devahūti about the all-pervading Supreme Self?

Kapila instructs Devahūti in the path of liberation through devotion and realization—showing that true knowledge culminates in experiencing the Supreme Person as beyond material qualities.

How can I apply ‘svānubhūti’ (direct realization) in modern spiritual practice?

Cultivate purity through steady devotion, disciplined living, and sincere contemplation; then spiritual truths shift from concepts to lived experience, weakening identification with temporary labels and moods.