Verses
Verse topic
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.22
"Therefore this entire universe, which like a dream is by nature unreal, nevertheless appears real, and thus it covers one’s consciousness and assails one with repeated miseries. This universe appears real because it is manifested by the potency of illusion emanating from You, whose unlimited transcendental forms are full of eternal happiness and knowledge." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/22
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.25
"A person who mistakes a rope for a snake becomes fearful, but he then gives up his fear upon realizing that the so-called snake does not exist. Similarly, for those who fail to recognize You as the Supreme Soul of all souls, the expansive illusory material existence arises, but knowledge of You at once causes it to subside." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.26
"The conception of material bondage and the conception of liberation are both manifestations of ignorance. Being outside the scope of true knowledge, they cease to exist when one correctly understands that the pure spirit soul is distinct from matter and always fully conscious. At that time bondage and liberation no longer have any significance, just as day and night have no significance from the perspective of the sun." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.36
"My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, until people become Your devotees, their material attachments and desires remain thieves, their homes remain prisons, and their affectionate feelings for their family members remain foot-shackles." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/36
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.44
"What indeed is not forgotten by those whose minds are bewildered by the Lord’s illusory potency? By that power of Māyā, this entire universe remains in perpetual bewilderment, and in this atmosphere of forgetfulness no one can understand his own identity." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.16.48
"Obeisances unto You, who know the destination of all things, superior and inferior, and who are the presiding regulator of all that be. You are distinct from the universal creation, and yet You are the basis upon which the illusion of material creation evolves, and also the witness of this illusion. Indeed, You are the root cause of the entire world." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/16/48
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.38.11
"He is the witness of material cause and effect, yet He is always free from false identification with them. By His internal potency He dispels the darkness of separation and confusion. The individual souls in this world, who are manifested here when He glances upon His material creative energy, indirectly perceive Him in the activities of their life airs, senses and intelligence." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/38/11
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.40.23
"O Supreme Lord, the living entities in this world are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Becoming involved in the false concepts of “I” and “my,” they are forced to wander along the paths of fruitive work." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/40/23
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.40.24-26
"I too am deluded in this way, O almighty Lord, foolishly thinking my body, children, home, wife, money and followers to be real, though they are actually as unreal as a dream." "Thus mistaking the temporary for the eternal, my body for my self, and sources of misery for sources of happiness, I have tried to take pleasure in material dualities. Covered in this way by ignorance, I could not recognize You as the real object of my love." "Just as a fool overlooks a body of water covered by the vegetation growing in it and chases a mirage, so I have turned away from You." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/40/24 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/40/25 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/40/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.6-8
"Birds abandon a tree when its fruits are gone, guests a house after they have eaten, animals a forest that has burnt down, and a lover the woman he has enjoyed, even though she remains attached to him." "Prostitutes abandon a penniless man, subjects an incompetent king, students their teacher once they have finished their education, and priests a man who has remunerated them for a sacrifice." "Birds abandon a tree when its fruits are gone, guests a house after they have eaten, animals a forest that has burnt down, and a lover the woman he has enjoyed, even though she remains attached to him." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/47/8 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/47/7 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/47/8
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.32-33
"As a person just arisen from sleep may continue to meditate on a dream even though it is illusory, so by the agency of the mind one meditates on the sense objects, which the senses can then obtain. Therefore one should become fully alert and bring the mind under control." "According to intelligent authorities, this is the ultimate conclusion of all the Vedas, as well as all practice of yoga, Sāṅkhya, renunciation, austerity, sense control and truthfulness, just as the sea is the ultimate destination of all rivers." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/47/32 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/47/33
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.49.23-25
"A fool indulges in sin to maintain his life, wealth and children and other relatives, for he thinks, “These things are mine.” In the end, however, these very things all abandon him, leaving him frustrated." "Abandoned by his so-called dependents, ignorant of the actual goal of life, indifferent to his real duty, and having failed to fulfill his purposes, the foolish soul enters the blindness of hell, taking his sinful reactions with him." "Therefore, O King, looking upon this world as a dream, a magician’s illusion or a flight of fancy, please control your mind with intelligence and become equipoised and peaceful, my lord." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/49/23 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/49/24 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/49/25