SB 6.16.60 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.16.60

सुखाय दु:खमोक्षाय कुर्वाते दम्पती क्रिया: । ततोऽनिवृत्तिरप्राप्तिर्दु:खस्य च सुखस्य च ॥ ६० ॥

sukhāya duḥkha-mokṣāya

[sukhaaya duhkha-mokshaaya]

kurvāte dampatī kriyāḥ

[kurvaate dampatee kriyaah]

tato ’nivṛttir aprāptir

[tato ’nivrittir apraaptir]

duḥkhasya ca sukhasya ca

[duhkhasya cha sukhasya cha]

Word-for-word

sukhāya — for happiness duḥkha-mokṣāya — for release from the unhappy state kurvāte — perform dam-patī — the wife and husband kriyāḥ — activities tataḥ — from that anivṛttiḥ — no cessation aprāptiḥ — no achievement duḥkhasya — of distress ca — also sukhasya — of happiness ca — also.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

sukhāya duḥkha-mokṣāya

sukhāya

for happiness

duḥkha-mokṣāya

for release from the unhappy state

kurvāte dampatī kriyāḥ

kurvāte

perform

dam-patī

the wife and husband

kriyāḥ

activities

tato ’nivṛttir aprāptir

tataḥ

from that

anivṛttiḥ

no cessation

aprāptiḥ

no achievement

duḥkhasya ca sukhasya ca

duḥkhasya

of distress

also

sukhasya

of happiness

also.

As husband and wife, a man and woman plan together to attain happiness and decrease unhappiness, working jointly in many ways, but because their activities are full of desires, these activities are never a source of happiness, and they never diminish distress. On the contrary, they are a cause of great unhappiness.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Husband and wife perform actions to produce happiness and to destroy misery. But there is no cessation of suffering and no attainment of happiness. This is further described in three verses. There is no destruction of suffering and no attainment of happiness.

Personal Guidance

Husband and wife plan jointly for happiness and reduction of unhappiness, but their activity is full of desires and never delivers happiness. Even the model of relational planning fails to deliver.

Reflection Questions

Where am I trying to engineer happiness with my spouse or partner through desire-based plans?
What would 'less desire, more shared service' look like?

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