SB 11.28.16 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.16

देहेन्द्रियप्राणमनोऽभिमानो जीवोऽन्तरात्मा गुणकर्ममूर्ति: । सूत्रं महानित्युरुधेव गीत: संसार आधावति कालतन्त्र: ॥ १६ ॥

dehendriya-prāṇa-mano-’bhimāno

[dehendriya-praana-mano-’bhimaano]

jīvo ’ntar-ātmā guṇa-karma-mūrtiḥ

[jeevo ’ntar-aatmaa guna-karma-moortih]

sūtraṁ mahān ity urudheva gītaḥ

[sootram mahaan ity urudheva geetah]

saṁsāra ādhāvati kāla-tantraḥ

[samsaara aadhaavati kaala-tantrah]

Word-for-word

deha — with the material body indriya — senses prāṇa — life air manaḥ — and mind abhimānaḥ — who is falsely identifying jīvaḥ — the living entity antaḥ — situated within ātmā — the soul guṇa — according to his material qualities karma — and work mūrtiḥ — assuming his form sūtram — the sūtra-tattva mahān — the original form of material nature iti — thus urudhā — in many different ways iva — indeed gītaḥ — described saṁsāre — in material life ādhāvati — he runs about kāla — of time tantraḥ — under the strict control.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

dehendriya-prāṇa-mano-’bhimāno

deha

with the material body

indriya

senses

prāṇa

life air

manaḥ

and mind

abhimānaḥ

who is falsely identifying

jīvo ’ntar-ātmā guṇa-karma-mūrtiḥ

jīvaḥ

the living entity

sūtraṁ mahān ity urudheva gītaḥ

antaḥ

situated within

saṁsāra ādhāvati kāla-tantraḥ

ātmā

the soul

guṇa

according to his material qualities

karma

and work

mūrtiḥ

assuming his form

sūtram

the sūtra-tattva

mahān

the original form of material nature

iti

thus

urudhā

in many different ways

iva

indeed

gītaḥ

described

saṁsāre

in material life

ādhāvati

he runs about

kāla

of time

tantraḥ

under the strict control.

The living entity who falsely identifies with his body, senses, life air and mind, and who dwells within these coverings, assumes the form of his own materially conditioned qualities and work. He is designated variously in relation to the total material energy, and thus, under the strict control of supreme time, he is forced to run here and there within material existence.

Purport

False ego, which causes the living entity to suffer material existence, is here described in detail as the illusory identification with the material body, senses, life air and mind. The word kāla refers directly to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who imposes the limiting segments of time upon the conditioned souls, keeping them tightly bound under the laws of nature. Liberation is not an impersonal experience; liberation is attainment of one’s eternal body, senses, mind and intelligence in the association of the Personality of Godhead. We can revive our eternal, liberated personality, free from the contamination of false ego, by dedicating ourselves to the loving service of the Lord in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When the pure spirit soul accepts the false ego, he must undergo material suffering. One automatically conquers the false ego by accepting oneself, in pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to be the eternal servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The ahaṅkāra, which is a covering on the jīva, which assumes its form by the guṇas and karma, which is called by many names such as sūtra, mahat-tattva, body, senses life air and mind, and which is dependent on the Lord, makes the jīva accept its qualities for continuation of saṁsāra. “If lamentation and joy are qualities of ahaṅkāra, not the ātmā, why does the ātmā accept those qualities and experience the suffering of saṁsāra? No one will accept someone else’s qualities if they give him suffering.” Ahaṅkāra (abhimānaḥ) is an imposition on the jīva (jīvaḥ), which takes its form by the guṇas and karma. It makes the jīva receive its qualities (ādhāvati) for continuing saṁsāra. Ahaṅkāra is subservient to the Lord called kāla-- one who pushes (kalayati). It is called by many names such as “body” in the scriptures concerning jñāna. Body, senses, life air and mind are a dvandva compound in the singular. Antarātmā is intelligence. The jīva, bound by ignorance in the form of ahaṅkāra, falls into suffering in saṁsāra.

Personal Guidance

The being who identifies with body, senses, life air, mind assumes the form of his conditioned qualities and work, variously designated in relation to total material energy. Misidentification produces identity.

Reflection Questions

What designation do I most often answer to?
What would loosening that designation feel like?

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