🪷 ŚB 10.2.22

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

स एष जीवन् खलु सम्परेतोवर्तेत योऽत्यन्तनृशंसितेन । देहे मृते तं मनुजा: शपन्तिगन्ता तमोऽन्धं तनुमानिनो ध्रुवम् ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

sa eṣa jīvan khalu sampareto varteta yo ’tyanta-nṛśaṁsitena dehe mṛte taṁ manujāḥ śapanti gantā tamo ’ndhaṁ tanu-mānino dhruvam
Synonyms
saḥ — he; eṣaḥ — that jealous person; jīvan — while living; khalu — even; samparetaḥ — is dead; varteta — continues to live; yaḥ — anyone who; atyanta — very much; nṛśaṁsitena — by executing cruel activities; dehe — when the body; mṛte — is finished; tam — him; manujāḥ — all human beings; śapanti — condemn; gantā — he will go; tamaḥ andham — to hellish life; tanu-māninaḥ — of a person in the bodily concept of life; dhruvam — without a doubt.

Translation

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.

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