Bhagavatapurana 11.11.2
Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11.11.2
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- Sanskrit
11.11.2
śoka-mohau sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ dehāpattiś ca māyayā /
svapno yathātmanaḥ khyātiḥ saṃsṛtir na tu vāstavī //
2. Grief and other states of the jiva are instituted by Prakriti under My control. Like the dream world with which the jiva is related, the Samsara or the worldly life also is not an essential state of the jiva, i. e., the embodied life or bondage is a state to be sooner or later terminated like a dream. Both are real but they are not eternal.
D. Just as the feelings of sorrow, stupidity etc., are experienced on account of a dream vision, but through the ignorance that it is a dream, so are the similar states and feelings due to the ignorance of his own essential nature while in Samsara. However samsara or those states are not indestructible, for they do not form the part and parcel of the jiva's essence.
Translations (2)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation