🪷 ŚB 2.1.12

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

Sanskrit

किं प्रमत्तस्य बहुभि: परोक्षैर्हायनैरिह ।
वरं मुहूर्तं विदितं घटते श्रेयसे यत: ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

kiṁ pramattasya bahubhiḥ
parokṣair hāyanair iha
varaṁ muhūrtaṁ viditaṁ
ghaṭate śreyase yataḥ

Synonyms

kim — what is; pramattasya — of the bewildered; bahubhiḥ — by many; parokṣaiḥ — inexperienced; hāyanaiḥ — years; iha — in this world; varam — better; muhūrtam — a moment; viditam — conscious; ghaṭate — one can try for; śreyase — in the matter of the supreme interest; yataḥ — by that.

Translation

What is the value of a prolonged life which is wasted, inexperienced by years in this world? Better a moment of full consciousness, because that gives one a start in searching after his supreme interest.

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