SB 12.7.20 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.7.20

పదార్థేషు యథా ద్రవ్యం సన్మాత్రం రూపనామసు । బీజాదిపఞ్చతాన్తాసు హ్యవస్థాసు యుతాయుతమ్ ॥ ౨౦ ॥

padārtheṣu yathā dravyaṁ

[padaartheshu yathaa dravyam]

san-mātraṁ rūpa-nāmasu

[san-maatram roopa-naamasu]

bījādi-paṣcatāntāsu

[beejaadi-pashchataantaasu]

hy avasthāsu yutāyutam

[hy avasthaasu yutaayutam]

Word-for-word

pada-artheṣu — within material objects yathā — just as dravyam — the basic substance sat-mātram — the sheer existence of things rūpa-nāmasu — among their forms and names bīja-ādi — beginning from the seed (i.e., from the time of conception) paṣcatā-antāsu — ending with death hi — indeed avasthāsu — throughout the various phases of bodily existence yuta-ayutam — both conjoined and separate.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

padārtheṣu yathā dravyaṁ

pada-artheṣu

within material objects

yathā

just as

dravyam

the basic substance

san-mātraṁ rūpa-nāmasu

sat-mātram

the sheer existence of things

rūpa-nāmasu

among their forms and names

bījādi-paṣcatāntāsu

bīja-ādi

beginning from the seed (i.e., from the time of conception)

paṣcatā-antāsu

ending with death

indeed

hy avasthāsu yutāyutam

avasthāsu

throughout the various phases of bodily existence

yuta-ayutam

both conjoined and separate.

Although a material object may assume various forms and names, its essential ingredient is always present as the basis of its existence. Similarly, both conjointly and separately, the Supreme Absolute Truth is always present with the created material body throughout its phases of existence, beginning with conception and ending with death.

Purport

Moist clay can be molded into various shapes and named “waterpot,” “flowerpot” or “storage pot.” Despite the various names and forms, the essential ingredient, earth, is constantly present. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is present throughout a material body’s stages of bodily existence. The Lord is identical with material nature, being its ultimate generating source. At the same time, the unique Supreme Being exists separately, aloof in His own abode.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Just as earth is present in a pot and also exists outside the pot, just as sense objects exist in objects with name and form and also exist beyond them, that entity which exists in all states of the body from conception to death is called apāśraya. This is explained with an example. A material like earth is present in an object like a pot and is separate as well, since it exists beyond the pot. In objects with name and form, sense objects like fragrance as well as their cause, ahaṅkāra in tamas, are present in the objects, and are also beyond the objects. In all states of the body from impregnation to death, that which is present as the controller and witness, and is also separate, is called apāśraya.

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io