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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.49.20

नेह चात्यन्तसंवास: कस्यचित् केनचित् सह । राजन् स्वेनापि देहेन किमु जायात्मजादिभि: ॥ २० ॥
neha cātyanta-saṁvāsaḥ
[neha chaatyanta-samvaasah]
kasyacit kenacit saha
[kasyachit kenachit saha]
rājan svenāpi dehena
[raajan svenaapi dehena]
kim u jāyātmajādibhiḥ
[kim u jaayaatmajaadibhih]
Word-for-word
na — not iha — in this world ca — and atyanta — perpetual saṁvāsaḥ — association (dwelling together) kasyacit — of anyone kenacit saha — with anyone rājan — O King svena — with one’s own api — even dehena — body kim u — what to speak then jāyā — with wife ātma - ja — children ādibhiḥ — and so on .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
neha cātyanta-saṁvāsaḥ
kasyacit kenacit saha
na
not
rājan svenāpi dehena
kim u jāyātmajādibhiḥ
iha
in this world
ca
and
atyanta
perpetual
saṁvāsaḥ
association (dwelling together)
kasyacit
of anyone
kenacit saha
with anyone
rājan
O King
svena
with one’s own
api
even
dehena
body
kim u
what to speak then
jāyā
with wife
ātma - ja
children
ādibhiḥ
and so on .
Important Words
  • atyanta-saṁvāsaḥ — perpetual association
    Atyanta (without end) + saṁvāsa (dwelling-with). The compound that Buddhist and Vaiṣṇava ethics both reject — but the Bhāgavata names the impermanence not to nihilate relationships, only to relocate the eternal one to Kṛṣṇa.
  • svena api dehena — even with one's own body
    The body itself, supposedly most 'our own,' is in fact a passing companion. Gauḍīya doctrine receives this through Gītā 2.13 — the dehin endures, the deha is borrowed.
  • jāyā — with wife
    From √jan (to be born — 'she through whom one is reborn as a householder'). Akrūra names the dearest relations to make the point sharpest: even these end.
  • ātma-ja-ādibhiḥ — children and so on
    Ātma-ja (offspring) + ādi (and the rest). Same word as in verse 19 — Akrūra is gently pulling Dhṛtarāṣṭra's defining attachment (my own sons!) into the frame of impermanence.
In this world no one has any permanent relationship with anyone else, O King. We cannot stay forever even with our own body, what to speak of our wife, children and the rest.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In this world no one has any permanent relationship with anyone else, O King. We cannot stay forever even with our own body, what to speak of our wife, children and the rest.
Commentary

"Even your sons such as Duryodhana, though dear to you, will not live long."

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

In this life (iha) and the next (ca), no one has permanent relationships with anyone. Another version has karhicit or kadācit instead of kasyacit. O king! Though you are a king, you cannot avoid this fact. This can be perceived in our bodies, what to speak of others. Since the relationship with sons is impermanent, you should not be attached to them. Thus you should treat your sons and the Pāṇḍavas equally to maintain dharma.

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Concepts
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Personal Guidance
In this world no one has any permanent relationship with anyone; we cannot stay forever even with our own body, what to speak of wife, children, and the rest. Impermanence is named bluntly to break attachment.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do you organize your life around a fiction of permanent connection?
  • How could honesty about impermanence soften your grip without ending love?
Analogy

Even the body, the one possession we dragged into this life, will let go of us. Wife, children, throne — these were never even that close. Akrūra speaks the way a senior monk speaks to a man clutching sand: the grip itself is the trouble.

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