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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.33.11

श्रद्धत्स्वैतन्मतं मह्यं जुष्टं यद्ब्रह्मवादिभि: । येन मामभयं याया मृत्युमृच्छन्त्यतद्विद: ॥ ११ ॥
śraddhatsvaitan mataṁ mahyaṁ
[shraddhatsvaitan matam mahyam]
juṣṭaṁ yad brahma-vādibhiḥ
[jushtam yad brahma-vaadibhih]
yena mām abhayaṁ yāyā
[yena maam abhayam yaayaa]
mṛtyum ṛcchanty atad-vidaḥ
[mrityum richchanty atad-vidah]
Word-for-word
śraddhatsva — you may rest assured etat — about this matam — instruction mahyam — My juṣṭam — followed yat — which brahma-vādibhiḥ — by transcendentalists yena — by which mām — unto Me abhayam — without fear yāyāḥ — you shall reach mṛtyum — death ṛcchanti — attain a-tat-vidaḥ — persons who are not conversant with this.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śraddhatsvaitan mataṁ mahyaṁ
śraddhatsva
you may rest assured
etat
about this
matam
instruction
mahyam
My
juṣṭaṁ yad brahma-vādibhiḥ
juṣṭam
followed
yat
which
brahma-vādibhiḥ
by transcendentalists
yena mām abhayaṁ yāyā
yena
by which
mām
unto Me
abhayam
without fear
yāyāḥ
you shall reach
mṛtyum ṛcchanty atad-vidaḥ
mṛtyum
death
ṛcchanti
attain
a-tat-vidaḥ
persons who are not conversant with this.
My dear mother, those who are actually transcendentalists certainly follow My instructions as I have given them to you. You may rest assured that if you traverse this path of self-realization perfectly, surely you shall be freed from fearful material contamination and shall ultimately reach Me. Mother, persons who are not conversant with this method of devotional service certainly cannot get out of the cycle of birth and death.
Purport

Material existence is full of anxiety, and therefore it is fearful. One who gets out of this material existence automatically becomes free from all anxieties and fear. One who follows the path of devotional service enunciated by Lord Kapila is very easily liberated.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Have faith in my instructions which are practiced by those who know the truth, and which will give yon fearlessness. Those who do not know this attain death. Mahyam means me. Yāyāḥ means “you will attain.”
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Personal Guidance
Devotion in this verse is not a feeling to wait for but a practice to take up. The heart catches up to the hands once we begin acting on the Lord's behalf instead of our own. The verse anchors this in material existence.
Reflection Questions
  • What ordinary activity could you re-aim today so it becomes an offering rather than a transaction?
  • Whom in your life would notice if your devotional service deepened, and what would they see?
📝 My note

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