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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.38

यच्चकर्थाङ्ग मतस्तोत्रं मत्कथाभ्युदयाङ्कितम् । यद्वा तपसि ते निष्ठा स एष मदनुग्रह: ॥ ३८ ॥
yac cakarthāṅga mat-stotraṁ
[yach chakarthaanga mat-stotram]
mat-kathābhyudayāṅkitam
[mat-kathaabhyudayaankitam]
yad vā tapasi te niṣṭhā
[yad vaa tapasi te nishthaa]
sa eṣa mad-anugrahaḥ
[sa esha mad-anugrahah]
Word-for-word
yat — that which cakartha — performed aṅga — O Brahmā mat-stotram — prayers for Me mat-kathā — words regarding My activities abhyudaya-aṅkitam — enumerating My transcendental glories yat — or that vā — either tapasi — in penance te — your niṣṭhā — faith saḥ — that eṣaḥ — all these mat — My anugrahaḥ — causeless mercy.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yac cakarthāṅga mat-stotraṁ
yat
that which
cakartha
performed
aṅga
O Brahmā
mat-stotram
prayers for Me
mat-kathābhyudayāṅkitam
mat-kathā
words regarding My activities
abhyudaya-aṅkitam
enumerating My transcendental glories
yad vā tapasi te niṣṭhā
yat
or that
vā
either
tapasi
in penance
te
your
niṣṭhā
faith
sa eṣa mad-anugrahaḥ
saḥ
that
eṣaḥ
all these
mat
My
anugrahaḥ
causeless mercy.
O Brahmā, the prayers that you have chanted praising the glories of My transcendental activities, the penances you have undertaken to understand Me, and your firm faith in Me — all these are to be considered My causeless mercy.
Purport

When a living entity desires to serve the Lord in transcendental loving service, the Lord helps the devotee in so many ways as the caitya-guru, or the spiritual master within, and thus the devotee can perform many wonderful activities beyond material estimation. By the mercy of the Lord even a layman can compose prayers of the highest spiritual perfection. Such spiritual perfection is not limited by material qualifications but is developed by dint of one’s sincere endeavor to render transcendental service. Voluntary endeavor is the only qualification for spiritual perfection. Material acquisitions of wealth or education are not considered.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Brahmā! Whatever praise describing my appearance and activities you have uttered and whatever steadiness you attained in meditation, all that and what you will accomplish, is my mercy only. Even your ability to praise me was by my mercy only. The praising that you did (cakartha) and everything else done (saḥ), and everything now to be done (eṣaḥ) is only my mercy. And what you are to do, that also understand as my mercy.
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Personal Guidance
The verse models the central spiritual relationship: an inquirer approaching a realized teacher. Spiritual life rarely advances without this living human pivot. The verse keeps returning to spiritual master.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom in your life do you actually let teach you, in the sense of letting them correct you?
  • Whose lineage do you stand inside, even quietly, and how does that shape what you hear?
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