Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.1.42
"At the time of death, according to the thinking, feeling and willing of the mind, which is involved in fruitive activities, one receives a particular body. In other words, the body develops according to the activities of the mind. Changes of body are due to the flickering of the mind, for otherwise the soul could remain in its original, spiritual body." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/1/42
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.1.48
"As long as he has intelligence and bodily strength, an intelligent person must try to avoid death. This is the duty of every embodied person. But if death cannot be avoided in spite of one’s endeavors, a person facing death commits no offense." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/1/48
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.1.51
"When a fire, for some unseen reason, leaps over one piece of wood and sets fire to the next, the reason is destiny. Similarly, when a living being accepts one kind of body and leaves aside another, there is no other reason than unseen destiny." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/1/51
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.2.22
"A person who is very cruel is regarded as dead even while living, for while he is living or after his death, everyone condemns him. And after the death of a person in the bodily concept of life, he is undoubtedly transferred to the hell known as Andhatama." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/2/22
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.4.19
"In this world, we can see that pots, dolls and other products of the earth appear, break and then disappear, mixing with the earth. Similarly, the bodies of all conditioned living entities are annihilated, but the living entities, like the earth itself, are unchanging and never annihilated [na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre]." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/4/19
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.49.20-21
"In this world no one has any permanent relationship with anyone else, O King. We cannot stay forever even with our own body, what to speak of our wife, children and the rest." "Every creature is born alone and dies alone, and alone one experiences the just rewards of his good and evil deeds." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/49/20 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/49/21
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.51.49
"A man obsessed with thoughts of what he thinks needs to be done, intensely greedy, and delighting in sense enjoyment is suddenly confronted by You, who are ever alert. Like a hungry snake licking its fangs before a mouse, You appear before him as death." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/51/49
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.51.50
"The body that at first rides high on fierce elephants or chariots adorned with gold and is known by the name “king” is later, by Your invincible power of time, called “feces,” “worms,” or “ashes.”" https://vedy.online/en/sb10/51/50
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.45
"This material body, which has a beginning and an end, is composed of the physical elements, the senses and the modes of nature. The body, imposed on the self by material ignorance, causes one to experience the cycle of birth and death." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/54/45
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.47
"Birth and other transformations are undergone by the body but never by the self, just as change occurs for the moon’s phases but never for the moon, though the new-moon day may be called the moon’s “death.”" https://vedy.online/en/sb10/54/47
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.70.26
"People in this world are always engaged in sinful activities and are thus bewildered about their real duty, which is to worship You according to Your commandments. This activity would truly bring them good fortune. Let us offer our obeisances unto the all-powerful Lord, who appears as time and suddenly cuts down one’s stubborn hope for a long life in this world." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/70/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.87.32
"The wise souls who understand how Your Māyā deludes all human beings render potent loving service to You, who are the source of liberation from birth and death. How, indeed, can fear of material life affect Your faithful servants? On the other hand, Your furrowing eyebrows — the triple-rimmed wheel of time — repeatedly terrify those who refuse to take shelter of You." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/87/32