Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
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 10.51.51
"Having conquered the entire circle of directions and being thus free of conflict, a man sits on a splendid throne, receiving praise from leaders who were once his equals. But when he enters the women’s chambers, where sex pleasure is found, he is led about like a pet animal, O Lord." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/51/51
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.51.52
"A king who desires even greater power than he already has strictly performs his duties, carefully practicing austerity and forgoing sense enjoyment. But he whose urges are so rampant, thinking “I am independent and supreme,” cannot attain happiness." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/51/52
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.51.53
"When the material life of a wandering soul has ceased, O Acyuta, he may attain the association of Your devotees. And when he associates with them, there awakens in him devotion unto You, who are the goal of the devotees and the Lord of all causes and their effects." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/51/53
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.51.55
"O all-powerful one, I desire no boon other than service to Your lotus feet, the boon most eagerly sought by those free of material desire. O Hari, what enlightened person who worships You, the giver of liberation, would choose a boon that causes his own bondage?" https://vedy.online/en/sb10/51/55
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.51.57
"For so long I have been pained by troubles in this world and have been burning with lamentation. My six enemies are never satiated, and I can find no peace. Therefore, O giver of shelter, O Supreme Soul, please protect me. O Lord, in the midst of danger I have by good fortune approached Your lotus feet, which are the truth and which thus make one fearless and free of sorrow." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/51/57
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.12
"Just as a puppet in the form of a woman dances by the desire of the puppeteer, so this world, controlled by the Supreme Lord, struggles in both happiness and misery." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/54/12
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.43
"The Supreme Lord’s Māyā makes men forget their real selves, and thus, taking the body for the self, they consider others to be friends, enemies or neutral parties." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/54/43
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.44
"Those who are bewildered perceive the one Supreme Soul, who resides in all embodied beings, as many, just as one may perceive the light in the sky, or the sky itself, as many." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/54/44
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 10.54.46
"O intelligent lady, the soul never undergoes contact with or separation from insubstantial, material objects, because the soul is their very origin and illuminator. Thus the soul resembles the sun, which neither comes in contact with nor separates from the sense of sight and what is seen." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/54/46
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