Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.59
सुखदु:खप्रदो नान्य: पुरुषस्यात्मविभ्रम: ।
मित्रोदासीनरिपव: संसारस्तमस: कृत: ॥ ५९ ॥
sukha-duḥkha-prado nānyaḥ
[sukha-duhkha-prado naanyah]
puruṣasyātma-vibhramaḥ
[purushasyaatma-vibhramah]
mitrodāsīna-ripavaḥ
[mitrodaaseena-ripavah]
saṁsāras tamasaḥ kṛtaḥ
[samsaaras tamasah kritah]
Word-for-word
sukha-duḥkha-pradaḥ
—
giver of happiness and distress
na
—
there is no
anyaḥ
—
other
puruṣasya
—
of the soul
ātma
—
of the mind
vibhramaḥ
—
bewilderment
mitra
—
friends
udāsīna
—
indifferent parties
ripavaḥ
—
and enemies
saṁsāraḥ
—
material life
tamasaḥ
—
out of ignorance
kṛtaḥ
—
created.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sukha-duḥkha-prado nānyaḥ
sukha-duḥkha-pradaḥ
giver of happiness and distress
na
there is no
anyaḥ
other
puruṣasyātma-vibhramaḥ
puruṣasya
of the soul
ātma
of the mind
vibhramaḥ
bewilderment
mitrodāsīna-ripavaḥ
mitra
friends
udāsīna
indifferent parties
ripavaḥ
and enemies
saṁsāras tamasaḥ kṛtaḥ
saṁsāraḥ
material life
tamasaḥ
out of ignorance
kṛtaḥ
created.
No other force besides his own mental confusion makes the soul experience happiness and distress. His perception of friends, neutral parties and enemies and the whole material life he builds around this perception are simply created out of ignorance.
Purport
Everyone is working hard to please their friends, defeat their enemies and maintain the status quo with neutral parties. These relations are certainly based on the material body and do not exist beyond the body’s inevitable demise. They are called ignorance, or material illusion.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
No other force besides bewilderment of the mind makes the soul experience happiness and distress. Saṁsāra in the form of friends, neutral parties and enemies are caused by ignorance.
Nothing other than bewilderment of the mind is the cause of happiness and distress. Saṁsāra in the form of friends and enemies is created from ignorance.
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Personal Guidance
No force besides mental confusion makes the soul experience happiness and distress; friends, neutrals, enemies, and the whole material life are constructions of ignorance. The villain is internal.
Reflection Questions
- Which 'enemy' in my life is actually mental confusion?
- What internal clarification could dissolve it?
My note
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