[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhagavatapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › 3.5.2 # Bhagavatapurana 3.5.2 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3.5.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.5.2) /0 vidura uvāca sukhāya karmāṇi karoti loko na taiḥ sukhaṃ vānyad-upāramaṃ vā / vindeta bhūyas tata eva duḥkhaṃ yad atra yuktaṃ bhagavān vaden naḥ // > 2. Vidura said:—Men do Karma (prescribed duties) for the sake of happiness, but do not thereby attain happiness or the other thing, \*i.e.\*, the absence of it (\*i.e.\* misery); or rather they (are seen to) attain misery again and again; hence may your worship be pleased to tell us what is the proper (course to follow) here (in Samsara.) > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam - [Previous: 3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.5.1) - [Next: 3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.5.3) - [Up: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.3.5.p3) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.3.5.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.5.2) · Pramāṇa