SB 10.85.17
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 17
- asāv aham mamaivaite
- dehe cāsyānvayādiṣu
- sneha-pāśair nibadhnāti
- bhavān sarvam idaṁ jagat
SYNONYMS
asau — this; aham — I; mama — mine; eva — indeed; ete — these; dehe — in connection with one's body; ca — and; asya — of it; anvaya-ādiṣu — and in connection with progeny and other related things; sneha — of affection; pāśaiḥ — with the ropes; nibadhnāti — tie up; bhavān — You; sarvam — all; idam — this; jagat — world.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
You keep this whole world bound up by the ropes of affection, and thus when people consider their material bodies, they think, "This is me," and when they consider their progeny and other relations, they think, "These are mine."