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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.28

देवहूतिरुवाच काचित्त्वय्युचिता भक्ति: कीद‍ृशी मम गोचरा । यया पदं ते निर्वाणमञ्जसान्वाश्नवा अहम् ॥ २८ ॥
devahūtir uvāca
[devahootir uvaacha]
kācit tvayy ucitā bhaktiḥ
[kaachit tvayy uchitaa bhaktih]
kīdṛśī mama gocarā
[keedrishee mama gocharaa]
yayā padaṁ te nirvāṇam
[yayaa padam te nirvaanam]
añjasānvāśnavā aham
[anjasaanvaashnavaa aham]
Word-for-word
devahūtiḥ uvāca — Devahūti said kācit — what tvayi — unto You ucitā — proper bhaktiḥ — devotional service kīdṛśī — what kind mama — by me go-carā — fit to be practiced yayā — by which padam — feet te — Your nirvāṇam — liberation añjasā — immediately anvāśnavai — shall attain aham — I.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
devahūtir uvāca
devahūtiḥ uvāca
Devahūti said
kācit tvayy ucitā bhaktiḥ
kācit
what
tvayi
unto You
ucitā
proper
bhaktiḥ
devotional service
kīdṛśī mama gocarā
kīdṛśī
what kind
mama
by me
go-carā
fit to be practiced
yayā padaṁ te nirvāṇam
yayā
by which
padam
feet
te
Your
nirvāṇam
liberation
añjasānvāśnavā aham
añjasā
immediately
anvāśnavai
shall attain
aham
I.
On hearing this statement of the Lord, Devahūti inquired: What kind of devotional service is worth developing and practicing to help me easily and immediately attain the service of Your lotus feet?
Purport

It is stated in Bhagavad-gītā that no one is barred from rendering service to the Lord. Whether one is a woman or a laborer or a merchant, if he engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord he is promoted to the highest perfectional state and goes back home, back to Godhead. The devotional service most suitable for different types of devotees is determined and fixed by the mercy of the spiritual master.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Devahūti said: What type of bhakti is suitable to you, and what is possible for a person like me, by which I can attain your feet, full of bliss? Kācid stands for kāsvid (what kind). Tvayi ucitā means “suitable for offering to you.” In verse 19 Kapila mentioned bhakti suitable for the Lord. Because of hearing the excellence of such bhakti she mentions this. What is possible to know and do for a woman like me, by which I can attain your feet, the form of bliss (nirvāṇam)? Medinī says that nirvāṇa means extinction, bliss, bathing of an elephant, joining, and liberation. Or nirvāṇa can mean “without obstacles.” I will attain your feet without obstacles immediately. Another version has anjasā tv āśnavai.
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Personal Guidance
The verse defines life's success by surrender, not by accumulation. What looks like 'giving up' from outside is, from inside, finally arriving at one's natural position. Its centre of gravity is spiritual master.
Reflection Questions
  • What part of your day still belongs entirely to your own enjoyment, and could even a corner of it be offered?
  • Whom in your life would notice if your devotional service deepened, and what would they see?
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