🪷 ŚB 11.7.49

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

Sanskrit

कालेन ह्योघवेगेन भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययौ । नित्यावपि न द‍ृश्येते आत्मनोऽग्नेर्यथार्चिषाम् ॥ ४९ ॥

Transliteration

kālena hy ogha-vegena bhūtānāṁ prabhavāpyayau nityāv api na dṛśyete ātmano ’gner yathārciṣām
Synonyms
kālena — by time; hi — indeed; ogha — like a flood; vegena — whose speed; bhūtānām — of created bodies; prabhava — the birth; apyayau — and demise; nityau — constant; api — although; na dṛśyete — are not seen; ātmanaḥ — related to the spirit soul; agneḥ — of fire; yathā — just as; arciṣām — of the flames.

Translation

The flames of a fire appear and disappear at every moment, and yet this creation and destruction is not noticed by the ordinary observer. Similarly, the mighty waves of time flow constantly, like the powerful currents of a river, and imperceptibly cause the birth, growth and death of innumerable material bodies. And yet the soul, who is thus constantly forced to change his position, cannot perceive the actions of time.

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ŚB 11.7.49requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 11.7parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 11parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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