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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.30

करोति कर्म क्रियते च जन्तु: केनाप्यसौ चोदित आनिपातात् । न तत्र विद्वान् प्रकृतौ स्थितोऽपि निवृत्ततृष्ण: स्वसुखानुभूत्या ॥ ३० ॥
karoti karma kriyate ca jantuḥ
[karoti karma kriyate cha jantuh]
kenāpy asau codita ā-nipātāt
[kenaapy asau chodita aa-nipaataat]
na tatra vidvān prakṛtau sthito ’pi
[na tatra vidvaan prakritau sthito ’pi]
nivṛtta-tṛṣṇaḥ sva-sukhānubhūtyā
[nivritta-trishnah sva-sukhaanubhootyaa]
Word-for-word
karoti — he performs karma — material work kriyate — is acted upon ca — also jantuḥ — the living entity kena api — by some force or other asau — he coditaḥ — impelled ā-nipātāt — up to the point of death na — not tatra — there vidvān — a wise person prakṛtau — in material nature sthitaḥ — situated api — even though nivṛtta — having given up tṛṣṇaḥ — material desire sva — by his own sukha — of happiness anubhūtyā — experience.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
karoti karma kriyate ca jantuḥ
karoti
he performs
karma
material work
kriyate
is acted upon
ca
also
jantuḥ
the living entity
kenāpy asau codita ā-nipātāt
kena api
by some force or other
asau
he
coditaḥ
impelled
ā-nipātāt
up to the point of death
na tatra vidvān prakṛtau sthito ’pi
na
not
tatra
there
vidvān
a wise person
prakṛtau
in material nature
sthitaḥ
situated
api
even though
nivṛtta-tṛṣṇaḥ sva-sukhānubhūtyā
nivṛtta
having given up
tṛṣṇaḥ
material desire
sva
by his own
sukha
of happiness
anubhūtyā
experience.
An ordinary living entity performs material work and is transformed by the reaction to such work. Thus he is driven by various desires to continue working fruitively up to the very moment of his death. A wise person, however, having experienced his own constitutional bliss, gives up all material desires and does not engage in fruitive work.
Purport

By sexual association with women, a man is driven to enjoy the female form again and again, and indeed he remains lusty up to the moment of death. Similarly, through association with family and friends the knot of material attachment becomes very tight. Thus the reactions of fruitive work bind one more and more in the cycle of material defeat. But a learned person, one who is in touch with the Supreme Lord within his heart, realizes the ultimate frustration of material work and the danger of entering the womb of a pig or dog in a future life as the result of sinful activities. One on the platform of self-realization does not regard himself as an enjoyer of the world. Rather, he regards the entire cosmos as simply an insignificant expansion of the Lord’s potency — and himself as the Lord’s humble servant.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The jīva performs action, inspired by Paramātmā, and is made to take a different body by that action. This cycle continues until universal devastation. The jñānī, however, though situated in his body, having experienced his own constitutional bliss, gives up all material desires and does not engage in action or its effects. The jñānī does not become bound like the karmī. The jīva inspired by antaryāmī performs actions. By this action, he takes birth as pig or dog, until final devastation. The jñānī however, though situated in the body, does not do activity, and is not placed in other bodies by those actions.
Personal Guidance
Ordinary beings work and are transformed by reaction, driven by desire until death; the wise person, having tasted constitutional bliss, abandons fruitive work. Tasting bliss ends the chase.
Reflection Questions
  • When did I last taste constitutional bliss, however briefly?
  • What practice can return me to it?
📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io

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