🪷 ŚB 11.7.8

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

Sanskrit

पुंसोऽयुक्तस्य नानार्थो भ्रम: स गुणदोषभाक् । कर्माकर्मविकर्मेति गुणदोषधियो भिदा ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

puṁso ’yuktasya nānārtho bhramaḥ sa guṇa-doṣa-bhāk karmākarma-vikarmeti guṇa-doṣa-dhiyo bhidā
Synonyms
puṁsaḥ — of a person; ayuktasya — whose mind is diverted from the truth; nānā — many; arthaḥ — values or meanings; bhramaḥ — confusion; saḥ — that; guṇa — something good; doṣa — something bad; bhāk — embodying; karma — compulsory duties; akarma — nonperformance of prescribed duties; vikarma — forbidden activities; iti — thus; guṇa — good things; doṣa — bad things; dhiyaḥ — of one who perceives; bhidā — this difference.

Translation

One whose consciousness is bewildered by illusion perceives many differences in value and meaning among material objects. Thus one engages constantly on the platform of material good and evil and is bound by such conceptions. Absorbed in material duality, such a person contemplates the performance of compulsory duties, nonperformance of such duties and performance of forbidden activities.

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ŚB 11.7.8requested 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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