Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.8
"Just as fire, which burns and illuminates, is different from firewood, which is to be burned to give illumination, similarly the seer within the body, the self-enlightened spirit soul, is different from the material body, which is to be illuminated by consciousness. Thus the spirit soul and the body possess different characteristics and are separate entities." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/8
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.9
"Just as fire may appear differently as dormant, manifest, weak, brilliant and so on, according to the condition of the fuel, similarly, the spirit soul enters a material body and accepts particular bodily characteristics." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/9
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.11.11
"An enlightened person fixed in detachment engages his body in lying down, sitting, walking, bathing, seeing, touching, smelling, eating, hearing and so on, but is never entangled by such activities. Indeed, remaining as a witness to all bodily functions, he merely engages his bodily senses with their objects and does not become entangled like an unintelligent person." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/11/11
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.11.14
"A person is considered to be completely liberated from the gross and subtle material bodies when all the functions of his vital energy, senses, mind and intelligence are performed without material desire. Such a person, although situated within the body, is not entangled." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/11/14
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.13.32
"While awake the living entity enjoys with all of his senses the fleeting characteristics of the material body and mind; while dreaming he enjoys similar experiences within the mind; and in deep dreamless sleep all such experiences merge into ignorance. By remembering and contemplating the succession of wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep, the living entity can understand that he is one throughout the three stages of consciousness and is transcendental. Thus, he becomes the lord of the senses." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/13/32
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.19.7
"My dear Uddhava, the material body and mind, composed of the three modes of material nature, attach themselves to you, but they are actually illusion, since they appear only at the present, having no original or ultimate existence. How is it possible, therefore, that the various stages of the body, namely birth, growth, reproduction, maintenance, dwindling and death, can have any relation to your eternal self? These phases relate only to the material body, which previously did not exist and ultimately will not exist. The body exists merely at the present moment." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/19/7
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.43-44
"My dear Uddhava, material bodies are constantly undergoing creation and destruction by the force of time, whose swiftness is imperceptible. But because of the subtle nature of time, no one sees this." "The different stages of transformation of all material bodies occur just like those of the flame of a candle, the current of a river, or the fruits of a tree." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/43 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.47-48
"Although the material body is different from the self, because of the ignorance due to material association one falsely identifies oneself with the superior and inferior bodily conditions. Sometimes a fortunate person is able to give up such mental concoction." "Although the material body is different from the self, because of the ignorance due to material association one falsely identifies oneself with the superior and inferior bodily conditions. Sometimes a fortunate person is able to give up such mental concoction." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/48 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/48
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.22
"Those who obtain human life, which is prayed for even by the demigods, and in that human birth become situated as first-class brāhmaṇas, are extremely fortunate. If they disregard this important opportunity, they are certainly killing their own self-interest and thus achieve a most unfortunate end." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/22
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.49
"Persons who identify with this body, which is simply the product of the material mind, are blinded in their intelligence, thinking in terms of “I” and “mine.” Because of their illusion of “this is I, but that is someone else,” they wander in endless darkness." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/23/49
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.5
"Although shadows, echoes and mirages are only illusory reflections of real things, such reflections do cause a semblance of meaningful or comprehensible perception. In the same way, although the identification of the conditioned soul with the material body, mind and ego is illusory, this identification generates fear within him even up to the moment of death." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/5
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.31
"The wise man, whose consciousness is fixed in the self, does not even notice his own bodily activities. While standing, sitting, walking, lying down, urinating, eating or performing other bodily functions, he understands that the body is acting according to its own nature." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/31