SB 4.29.22 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.22

కాలకన్యా జరా సాక్షాల్లోకస్తాం నాభినన్దతి । స్వసారం జగృహే మృత్యు: క్షయాయ యవనేశ్వర: ॥ ౨౨ ॥

kāla-kanyā jarā sākṣāl

[kaala-kanyaa jaraa saakshaal]

lokas tāṁ nābhinandati

[lokas taam naabhinandati]

svasāraṁ jagṛhe mṛtyuḥ

[svasaaram jagrihe mrityuh]

kṣayāya yavaneśvaraḥ

[kshayaaya yavaneshvarah]

Word-for-word

kāla-kanyā — the daughter of Time jarā — old age sākṣāt — directly lokaḥ — all living entities tām — her na — never abhinandati — welcome svasāram — as his sister jagṛhe — accepted mṛtyuḥ — death kṣayāya — for destruction yavana-īśvaraḥ — the King of the Yavanas.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

kāla-kanyā jarā sākṣāl

kāla-kanyā

the daughter of Time

jarā

old age

sākṣāt

directly

lokas tāṁ nābhinandati

lokaḥ

all living entities

tām

her

never

abhinandati

welcome

svasāraṁ jagṛhe mṛtyuḥ

svasāram

as his sister

jagṛhe

accepted

mṛtyuḥ

death

kṣayāya yavaneśvaraḥ

kṣayāya

for destruction

yavana-īśvaraḥ

the King of the Yavanas.

What was described as Kālakanyā should be understood as old age. No one wants to accept old age, but Yavaneśvara [Yavana-rāja], who is death, accepts Jarā [old age] as his sister.

Purport

Encaged within the body, the living being accepts Kālakanyā, old age, just before death. Yavaneśvara is the emblem of death, Yamarāja. Before going to the place of Yamarāja, the living entity accepts Jarā, old age, the sister of Yamarāja. One is subjected to the influence of Yavana-rāja and his sister due to impious activity. Those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and are engaged in devotional service under the instructions of Nārada Muni are not subjected to the influence of Yamarāja and his sister Jarā. If one is Kṛṣṇa conscious, he conquers death. After leaving the material body, he does not accept another body that is material but returns home, back to Godhead. This is verified by Bhagavad-gītā (4.9) .

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The daughter of Time is Old Age. People do not want to meet her. The King of the Yavana’s is death. He accepted her as a sister for destroying the world. Death accepts old age as his sister for destroying the people. Or he accepted her as his sister for his own destruction. Because she came in the family of Adharma he became her husband, though she was his sister. She is merciful to the Vaiṣṇavas. By the order of Nārada she helps them surpass death.

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