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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.30

भूयस्त्वं तप आतिष्ठ विद्यां चैव मदाश्रयाम् । ताभ्यामन्तर्हृदि ब्रह्मन् लोकान्द्रक्ष्यस्यपावृतान् ॥ ३० ॥
bhūyas tvaṁ tapa ātiṣṭha
[bhooyas tvam tapa aatishtha]
vidyāṁ caiva mad-āśrayām
[vidyaam chaiva mad-aashrayaam]
tābhyām antar-hṛdi brahman
[taabhyaam antar-hridi brahman]
lokān drakṣyasy apāvṛtān
[lokaan drakshyasy apaavritaan]
Word-for-word
bhūyaḥ — again tvam — yourself tapaḥ — penance ātiṣṭha — be situated vidyām — in the knowledge ca — also eva — certainly mat — My āśrayām — under the protection tābhyām — by those qualifications antaḥ — within hṛdi — in the heart brahman — O brāhmaṇa lokān — all the worlds drakṣyasi — you will see apāvṛtān — all disclosed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhūyas tvaṁ tapa ātiṣṭha
bhūyaḥ
again
tvam
yourself
tapaḥ
penance
ātiṣṭha
be situated
vidyāṁ caiva mad-āśrayām
vidyām
in the knowledge
ca
also
eva
certainly
mat
My
āśrayām
under the protection
tābhyām antar-hṛdi brahman
tābhyām
by those qualifications
antaḥ
within
hṛdi
in the heart
brahman
O brāhmaṇa
lokān drakṣyasy apāvṛtān
lokān
all the worlds
drakṣyasi
you will see
apāvṛtān
all disclosed.
O Brahmā, situate yourself in penance and meditation and follow the principles of knowledge to receive My favor. By these actions you will be able to understand everything from within your heart.
Purport

The mercy the Lord bestows upon a particular person engaged in executing the responsible work entrusted unto him is beyond imagination. But His mercy is received due to our penance and perseverance in executing devotional service. Brahmā was entrusted with the work of creating the planetary systems. The Lord instructed him that when he meditated he would very easily know where and how the planetary systems must be arranged. The directions were to come from within, and there was no necessity for anxiety in that task. Such instructions of buddhi-yoga are directly imparted by the Lord from within, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (10.10) .

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Brahmā! Concentrate your mind and worship using mantras to take shelter of me. By these two, within your heart and externally as well, you will see the planets devoid of water. “What will happen with my efforts at this time? The planets like earth which I am supposed to create cannot be seen.” Concentrate your mind (tapaḥ) and worship through mantra (vidyām). You will see in your heart and externally as well the planets such as earth and the inhabitants, without the covering of water. After seeing in your heart these things shown by me in their proper position, you will then create them externally with ease, like a person who writes what he sees.
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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.
Reflection Questions
  • Where is your devotional life mostly verbal, and where is it actually costing you something?
  • Whom in your life would notice if your devotional service deepened, and what would they see?
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