Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Bhagavatapurana 5.14.4

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.14.4

Language
Sanskrit

5.14.4

_*
yathā hy anuvatsaraṃ kṛṣyamāṇam apy adagdha-bījaṃ kṣetraṃ punar evāvapana-kāle gulma-tṛṇa-vīrudbhir gahvaram iva bhavaty evam eva gṛhāśramaḥ karma-kṣetraṃ yasmin na hi karmāṇy utsīdanti yad ayaṃ kāma-karaṇḍa eṣa āvasathaḥ //

4. Just as a field wherein, though ploughed every year, the seeds of weeds are not burnt out, is again and again, when sown with grain, overgrown densely into a forest with bushes, grasses and creepers; so also the life of a householder is the field where Karma grows thick and cannot be killed out; and this order of life is indeed a box of desires

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

Translations (2)