Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.15-16
శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ
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śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
ambarīṣo mahā-bhāgaḥ
[ambareesho mahaa-bhaagah]
sapta-dvīpavatīṁ mahīm
[sapta-dveepavateem maheem]
avyayāṁ ca śriyaṁ labdhvā
[avyayaam cha shriyam labdhvaa]
vibhavaṁ cātulaṁ bhuvi
[vibhavam chaatulam bhuvi]
mene ’tidurlabhaṁ puṁsāṁ
[mene ’tidurlabham pumsaam]
sarvaṁ tat svapna-saṁstutam
[sarvam tat svapna-samstutam]
vidvān vibhava-nirvāṇaṁ
[vidvaan vibhava-nirvaanam]
tamo viśati yat pumān
[tamo vishati yat pumaan]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ambarīṣaḥ
—
King Ambarīṣa
mahā-bhāgaḥ
—
the greatly fortunate king
sapta-dvīpavatīm
—
consisting of seven islands
mahīm
—
the whole world
avyayām ca
—
and inexhaustible
śriyam
—
beauty
labdhvā
—
after achieving
vibhavam ca
—
and opulences
atulam
—
unlimited
bhuvi
—
in this earth
mene
—
he decided
ati-durlabham
—
which is rarely obtained
puṁsām
—
of many persons
sarvam
—
everything (he had obtained)
tat
—
that which
svapna-saṁstutam
—
as if imagined in a dream
vidvān
—
completely understanding
vibhava-nirvāṇam
—
the annihilation of that opulence
tamaḥ
—
ignorance
viśati
—
fallen into
yat
—
because of which
pumān
—
a person.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ambarīṣo mahā-bhāgaḥ
ambarīṣaḥ
King Ambarīṣa
mahā-bhāgaḥ
the greatly fortunate king
sapta-dvīpavatīṁ mahīm
sapta-dvīpavatīm
consisting of seven islands
mahīm
the whole world
avyayāṁ ca śriyaṁ labdhvā
avyayām ca
and inexhaustible
śriyam
beauty
labdhvā
after achieving
vibhavaṁ cātulaṁ bhuvi
vibhavam ca
and opulences
atulam
unlimited
bhuvi
in this earth
mene ’tidurlabhaṁ puṁsāṁ
mene
he decided
sarvaṁ tat svapna-saṁstutam
ati-durlabham
which is rarely obtained
vidvān vibhava-nirvāṇaṁ
tamo viśati yat pumān
puṁsām
of many persons
sarvam
everything (he had obtained)
tat
that which
svapna-saṁstutam
as if imagined in a dream
vidvān
completely understanding
vibhava-nirvāṇam
the annihilation of that opulence
tamaḥ
ignorance
viśati
fallen into
yat
because of which
pumān
a person.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, the most fortunate personality, achieved the rule of the entire world, consisting of seven islands, and achieved inexhaustible, unlimited opulence and prosperity on earth. Although such a position is rarely obtained, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa did not care for it at all, for he knew very well that all such opulence is material. Like that which is imagined in a dream, such opulence will ultimately be destroyed. The King knew that any nondevotee who attains such opulence merges increasingly into material nature’s mode of darkness.
Purport
For a devotee material opulence is insignificant, whereas for a nondevotee material opulence is the cause of increasing bondage, for a devotee knows that anything material is temporary, whereas a nondevotee regards the temporary so-called happiness as everything and forgets the path of self-realization. Thus for the nondevotee material opulence is a disqualification for spiritual advancement.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, the most fortunate personality, achieved sovereignty over the entire world, consisting of seven islands, with inexhaustible, unequaled wealth and power on earth, rarely attained by humans. But understanding that the power was destructible, he considered it all to be as worthless as a dream, because of which man falls into ignorance.
Having attained power rare for humans, he considered it all as if it were something to be praised only in a dream, because he knew that power was destructible. From attachment to that power and wealth man falls into ignorance.
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