🪷 ŚB 6.5.14

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

Sanskrit

नानारूपात्मनो बुद्धि: स्वैरिणीव गुणान्विता । तन्निष्ठामगतस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

nānā-rūpātmano buddhiḥ svairiṇīva guṇānvitā tan-niṣṭhām agatasyeha kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
Synonyms
nānā — various; rūpā — who has forms or dresses; ātmanaḥ — of the living entity; buddhiḥ — the intelligence; svairiṇī — a prostitute who freely decorates herself with different types of cloths and ornaments; iva — like; guṇa-anvitā — endowed with the mode of passion, and so on; tat-niṣṭhām — the cessation of that; agatasya — of one who has not obtained; iha — in this material world; kim asat-karmabhiḥ bhavet — what is the use of performing temporary fruitive activities.

Translation

[Nārada Muni had described a woman who is a professional prostitute. The Haryaśvas understood the identity of this woman.] Mixed with the mode of passion, the unsteady intelligence of every living entity is like a prostitute who changes dresses just to attract one’s attention. If one fully engages in temporary fruitive activities, not understanding how this is taking place, what does he actually gain?

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ŚB 6.5.14requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 6.5parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 6parent 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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