Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 32

SB 3 32.1

कपिल उवाच अथ यो गृह-मेधीयान् धर्मान् एवावसन् गृहे कामम् अर्थं च धर्मान् स्वान् दोग्धि भूयः पिपर्ति तान्

kapila uvāca atha yo gṛha-medhīyān dharmān evāvasan gṛhe kāmam arthaṃ ca dharmān svān dogdhi bhūyaḥ piparti tān

Kapila said: Now, he who, living at home, (practices) only the duties of the householder, milks from his own duties pleasure and wealth, and then again feeds them (in turn).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.2

स चापि भगवद्-धर्मात् काम-मूढः पराङ्-मुखः यजते क्रतुभिर् देवान् पित्-ंश् च श्रद्धयान्वितः

sa cāpi bhagavad-dharmāt kāma-mūḍhaḥ parāṅ-mukhaḥ yajate kratubhir devān pit-ṃś ca śraddhayānvitaḥ

And he too, bewildered by desire, turned away from the dharma of the Lord, worships the gods and the forefathers with sacrifices, endowed with faith.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.3

तच्-छ्रद्धयाक्रान्त-मतिः पितृ-देव-व्रतः पुमान् गत्वा चान्द्रमसं लोकं सोम-पाः पुनर् एष्यति

tac-chraddhayākrānta-matiḥ pitṛ-deva-vrataḥ pumān gatvā cāndramasaṃ lokaṃ soma-pāḥ punar eṣyati

With his mind overtaken by faith in that, keeping the vows to the forefathers and the gods, that man, having gone to the lunar world and drunk the soma, will come back again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.4

यदा चाहीन्द्र-शय्यायां शेते ऽनन्तासनो हरिः तदा लोका लयं यान्ति त एते गृह-मेधिनाम्

yadā cāhīndra-śayyāyāṃ śete 'nantāsano hariḥ tadā lokā layaṃ yānti ta ete gṛha-medhinām

And when Hari, whose seat is Ananta, lies down on the couch that is the lord of serpents, then these worlds of the householders go to dissolution.

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SB 3 32.5

ये स्व-धर्मान् न दुह्यन्ति धीराः कामार्थ-हेतवे निःसङ्गा न्यस्त-कर्माणः प्रशान्ताः शुद्ध-चेतसः

ye sva-dharmān na duhyanti dhīrāḥ kāmārtha-hetave niḥsaṅgā nyasta-karmāṇaḥ praśāntāḥ śuddha-cetasaḥ

But those steady ones who do not milk their own duties for the sake of pleasure and gain — unattached, having laid down (the fruits of) their acts, wholly calmed, of pure mind —

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SB 3 32.6

निवृत्ति-धर्म-निरता निर्ममा निरहङ्कृताः स्व-धर्माप्तेन सत्त्वेन परिशुद्धेन चेतसा

nivṛtti-dharma-niratā nirmamā nirahaṅkṛtāḥ sva-dharmāptena sattvena pariśuddhena cetasā

delighting in the dharma of withdrawal, free of "mine" and free of "I", with a mind wholly purified by the goodness gained through their own duty —

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SB 3 32.7

सूर्य-द्वारेण ते यान्ति पुरुषं विश्वतो-मुखम् परावरेशं प्रकृतिम् अस्योत्पत्त्य्-अन्त-भावनम्

sūrya-dvāreṇa te yānti puruṣaṃ viśvato-mukham parāvareśaṃ prakṛtim asyotpatty-anta-bhāvanam

they go by the door of the sun to the Person who faces every way, the lord of the higher and the lower, the source, the one who brings about this (world's) arising and end.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.8

द्वि-परार्धावसाने यः प्रलयो ब्रह्मणस् तु ते तावद् अध्यासते लोकं परस्य पर-चिन्तकाः

dvi-parārdhāvasāne yaḥ pralayo brahmaṇas tu te tāvad adhyāsate lokaṃ parasya para-cintakāḥ

But (until) that dissolution of Brahmā which comes at the close of the two halves (of his life), for so long do they, meditating on the Supreme, dwell in the world of the Supreme.

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SB 3 32.9

क्ष्माम्भो-ऽनलानिल-वियन्-मन-इन्द्रियार्थ- भूतादिभिः परिवृतं प्रतिसञ्जिहीर्षुः अम्प्;अव्याकृतं विशति यर्हि गुण-त्रयात्माकालं पराख्यम् अनुभूय परः स्वयम्भूः

kṣmāmbho-'nalānila-viyan-mana-indriyārtha- bhūtādibhiḥ parivṛtaṃ pratisañjihīrṣuḥ avyākṛtaṃ viśati yarhi guṇa-trayātmākālaṃ parākhyam anubhūya paraḥ svayambhūḥ

When the supreme Self-born one, whose nature is the three qualities, having experienced the time called para, wishing to withdraw (all) again, enters the undifferentiated — (that undifferentiated) which is encompassed by earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, the senses, the sense-objects, the elements and the rest —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 3 32.10

एवं परेत्य भगवन्तम् अनुप्रविष्टाये योगिनो जित-मरुन्-मनसो विरागाः एवं परेत्य भगवन्तम् अनुप्रविष्टाये योगिनो जित-मरुन्-मनसो विरागाः तेनैव साकम् अमृतं पुरुषं पुराणं ब्रह्म प्रधानम् उपयान्त्य् अगताभिमानाः

evaṃ paretya bhagavantam anupraviṣṭāye yogino jita-marun-manaso virāgāḥ evaṃ paretya bhagavantam anupraviṣṭāye yogino jita-marun-manaso virāgāḥ tenaiva sākam amṛtaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ brahma pradhānam upayānty agatābhimānāḥ

Thus, having departed and entered into the Lord, those yogins who have conquered breath and mind and are free of passion — together with him (Brahmā) they go to the deathless, ancient Person, to Brahman the primary (reality), their sense of self gone.

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SB 3 32.11

अथ तं सर्व-भूतानां हृत्-पद्मेषु कृतालयम् श्रुतानुभावं शरणं व्रज भावेन भामिनि

atha taṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ hṛt-padmeṣu kṛtālayam śrutānubhāvaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja bhāvena bhāmini

Now then, O radiant lady, go with (loving) feeling for refuge to him whose greatness you have heard of, who has made his abode in the lotus-hearts of all beings.

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SB 3 32.12

आद्यः स्थिर-चराणां यो वेद-गर्भः सहर्षिभिः योगेश्वरैः कुमाराद्यैः सिद्धैर् योग-प्रवर्तकैः

ādyaḥ sthira-carāṇāṃ yo veda-garbhaḥ saharṣibhiḥ yogeśvaraiḥ kumārādyaiḥ siddhair yoga-pravartakaiḥ

He who is the first of things unmoving and moving, in whom the Vedas are contained, (goes) together with the sages, the lords of yoga, with Sanat-kumāra and the others, the perfected ones who set yoga in motion —

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SB 3 32.13

भेद-दृष्ट्याभिमानेन निःसङ्गेनापि कर्मणा कर्तृत्वात् सगुणं ब्रह्म पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभम्

bheda-dṛṣṭyābhimānena niḥsaṅgenāpi karmaṇā kartṛtvāt saguṇaṃ brahma puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabham

— by action which, though unattached, is done with the conceit of a vision of difference, (they attain,) because of (their sense of) being the doer, Brahman with qualities, the Person, the bull among persons.

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SB 3 32.14

स संसृत्य पुनः काले कालेनेश्वर-मूर्तिना जाते गुण-व्यतिकरे यथा-पूर्वं प्रजायते

sa saṃsṛtya punaḥ kāle kāleneśvara-mūrtinā jāte guṇa-vyatikare yathā-pūrvaṃ prajāyate

Having passed through (that state), when in time, by time in the form of the Lord, the agitation of the qualities has arisen, he is born again as before.

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SB 3 32.15

ऐश्वर्यं पारमेष्ठ्यं च ते ऽपि धर्म-विनिर्मितम् निषेव्य पुनर् आयान्ति गुण-व्यतिकरे सति

aiśvaryaṃ pārameṣṭhyaṃ ca te 'pi dharma-vinirmitam niṣevya punar āyānti guṇa-vyatikare sati

And they too, having enjoyed lordship and the highest station, produced by their dharma, come back again when the agitation of the qualities occurs.

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SB 3 32.16

ये त्व् इहासक्त-मनसः कर्मसु श्रद्धयान्विताः कुर्वन्त्य् अप्रतिषिद्धानि नित्यान्य् अपि च कृत्स्नशः

ye tv ihāsakta-manasaḥ karmasu śraddhayānvitāḥ kurvanty apratiṣiddhāni nityāny api ca kṛtsnaśaḥ

But those whose minds here are attached to actions, who are filled with faith, and who perform in full the acts not forbidden and also the obligatory ones —

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SB 3 32.17

रजसा कुण्ठ-मनसः कामात्मानो ऽजितेन्द्रियाः पित्-न् यजन्त्य् अनुदिनं गृहेष्व् अभिरताशयाः

rajasā kuṇṭha-manasaḥ kāmātmāno 'jitendriyāḥ pit-n yajanty anudinaṃ gṛheṣv abhiratāśayāḥ

their minds blunted by passion, their selves made of desire, their senses unsubdued, they worship the forefathers day after day, their hearts wholly delighting in their homes.

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SB 3 32.18

त्रै-वर्गिकास् ते पुरुषा विमुखा हरि-मेधसः कथायां कथनीयोरु- विक्रमस्य मधुद्विषः

trai-vargikās te puruṣā vimukhā hari-medhasaḥ kathāyāṃ kathanīyoru- vikramasya madhudviṣaḥ

Those men, devoted to the three ends (of life), are turned away from the story of Hari-of-wisdom, the slayer of Madhu, whose vast heroic deeds are worth the telling.

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SB 3 32.19

नूनं दैवेन विहता ये चाच्युत-कथा-सुधाम् हित्वा शृण्वन्त्य् असद्-गाथाः पुरीषम् इव विड्-भुजः

nūnaṃ daivena vihatā ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthāḥ purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ

Surely they are struck down by fate who, abandoning the nectar of tales of Acyuta, listen to worthless narratives, like dung-eaters (going after) excrement.

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SB 3 32.20

दक्षिणेन पथार्यम्णः पितृ-लोकं व्रजन्ति ते प्रजाम् अनु प्रजायन्ते श्मशानान्त-क्रिया-कृतः

dakṣiṇena pathāryamṇaḥ pitṛ-lokaṃ vrajanti te prajām anu prajāyante śmaśānānta-kriyā-kṛtaḥ

By the southern path of the sun they go to the world of the forefathers, and they are born again following upon their offspring, performers of the rites that end at the cremation ground.

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SB 3 32.21

ततस् ते क्षीण-सुकृताः पुनर् लोकम् इमं सति पतन्ति विवशा देवैः सद्यो विभ्रंशितोदयाः

tatas te kṣīṇa-sukṛtāḥ punar lokam imaṃ sati patanti vivaśā devaiḥ sadyo vibhraṃśitodayāḥ

Then, their good works exhausted, they fall again to this world, O good lady, helpless, their rise at once cut short by the gods.

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SB 3 32.22

कपिल उवाच एवं कृत-मतिर् गर्भे दश-मास्यः स्तुवन्न् ऋषिः सद्यः क्षिपत्य् अवाचीनं प्रसूत्यै सूति-मारुतः

kapila uvāca evaṃ kṛta-matir garbhe daśa-māsyaḥ stuvann ṛṣiḥ sadyaḥ kṣipaty avācīnaṃ prasūtyai sūti-mārutaḥ

Kapila said: Thus resolved in mind, the seer in the womb, ten months old, praising (the Lord) — at once the birth-wind casts him head-downward for delivery.

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SB 3 32.23

वासुदेवे भगवति भक्ति-योगः प्रयोजितः जनयत्य् आशु वैराग्यं ज्ञानं यद् ब्रह्म-दर्शनम्

vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṃ jñānaṃ yad brahma-darśanam

Devotion applied to the Lord Vāsudeva quickly generates detachment and the knowledge which is the vision of Brahman.

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SB 3 32.24

यदास्य चित्तम् अर्थेषु समेष्व् इन्द्रिय-वृत्तिभिः न विगृह्णाति वैषम्यं प्रियम् अप्रियम् इत्य् उत

yadāsya cittam artheṣu sameṣv indriya-vṛttibhiḥ na vigṛhṇāti vaiṣamyaṃ priyam apriyam ity uta

When a person's mind no longer seizes upon difference among objects that are (in themselves) equal — through the workings of the senses, (saying) "this is pleasant, this unpleasant" —

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SB 3 32.25

पर-च्छन्दं न विदुषा पुष्यमाणो जनेन सः अनभिप्रेतम् आपन्नः प्रत्याख्यातुम् अनीश्वरः

para-cchandaṃ na viduṣā puṣyamāṇo janena saḥ anabhipretam āpannaḥ pratyākhyātum anīśvaraḥ

Being maintained by people who do not know what he wants, he, when confronted with what he does not desire, is unable to refuse it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.26

ज्ञान-मात्रं परं ब्रह्म परमात्मेश्वरः पुमान् दृश्य्-आदिभिः पृथग् भावैर् भगवान् एक ईयते

jñāna-mātraṃ paraṃ brahma paramātmeśvaraḥ pumān dṛśy-ādibhiḥ pṛthag bhāvair bhagavān eka īyate

Pure knowledge, the supreme Brahman, the Supreme Self, the Lord, the Person — the Blessed One is one (only), (though) He is approached under separate aspects such as "the seen" and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 3 32.27

तुदन्त्य् आम-त्वचं दंशा मशका मत्कुणादयः रुदन्तं विगत-ज्ञानं कृमयः कृमिकं यथा

tudanty āma-tvacaṃ daṃśā maśakā matkuṇādayaḥ rudantaṃ vigata-jñānaṃ kṛmayaḥ kṛmikaṃ yathā

Gnats, mosquitoes, bedbugs and the like sting the tender-skinned (infant), who cries, deprived of understanding, as worms sting a worm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.28

इत्य् एवं शैशवं भुक्त्वा दुःखं पौगण्डम् एव च अलब्धाभीप्सितो ऽज्ञानाद् इद्ध-मन्युः शुचार्पितः

ity evaṃ śaiśavaṃ bhuktvā duḥkhaṃ paugaṇḍam eva ca alabdhābhīpsito 'jñānād iddha-manyuḥ śucārpitaḥ

Thus, having undergone the suffering of infancy and of boyhood as well, not obtaining what he longed for, out of ignorance his anger is kindled and he is sunk in grief.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.29

यथा महान् अहं-रूपस् त्रि-वृत् पञ्च-विधः स्वराट् एकादश-विधस् तस्य वपुर् अण्डं जगद् यतः

yathā mahān ahaṃ-rūpas tri-vṛt pañca-vidhaḥ svarāṭ ekādaśa-vidhas tasya vapur aṇḍaṃ jagad yataḥ

As the mahat, having the form of ego, is threefold, fivefold, self-ruling, and elevenfold — its body is the egg, the universe, from which (all this comes).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 3 32.30

भूतैः पञ्चभिर् आरब्धे देहे देह्य् अबुधो ऽसकृत् अहं ममेत्य् असद्-ग्राहः करोति कुमतिर् मतिम्

bhūtaiḥ pañcabhir ārabdhe dehe dehy abudho 'sakṛt ahaṃ mamety asad-grāhaḥ karoti kumatir matim

In the body that is composed of the five elements, the ignorant embodied one, of poor understanding, grasping at the unreal, repeatedly forms the notion "I" and "mine."

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SB 3 32.31

इत्य् एतत् कथितं गुर्वि ज्ञानं तद् ब्रह्म-दर्शनम् येनानुबुद्ध्यते तत्त्वं प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्य च

ity etat kathitaṃ gurvi jñānaṃ tad brahma-darśanam yenānubuddhyate tattvaṃ prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca

Thus this has been declared, O venerable lady: that knowledge which is the vision of Brahman, by which one comes to understand the truth of matter and of the person.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.32

ज्ञान-योगश् च मन्-निष्ठो नैर्गुण्यो भक्ति-लक्षणः द्वयोर् अप्य् एक एवार्थो भगवच्-छब्द-लक्षणः

jñāna-yogaś ca man-niṣṭho nairguṇyo bhakti-lakṣaṇaḥ dvayor apy eka evārtho bhagavac-chabda-lakṣaṇaḥ

And the yoga of knowledge, fixed on Me, free of the qualities, and (the yoga) marked by devotion — for both of these the goal is one and the same, that which is designated by the word "Bhagavān."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.33

सत्यं शौचं दया मौनं बुद्धिः श्रीर् ह्रीर् यशः क्षमा शमो दमो भगश् चेति यत्-सङ्गाद् याति सङ्क्षयम्

satyaṃ śaucaṃ dayā maunaṃ buddhiḥ śrīr hrīr yaśaḥ kṣamā śamo damo bhagaś ceti yat-saṅgād yāti saṅkṣayam

Truthfulness, purity, compassion, silence, intelligence, splendour, modesty, fame, patience, calm, self-control, and fortune — by association with whom (all) these come to destruction.

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SB 3 32.34

क्रियया क्रतुभिर् दानैस् तपः-स्वाध्याय-मर्शनैः आत्मेन्द्रिय-जयेनापि सन्न्यासेन च कर्मणाम्

kriyayā kratubhir dānais tapaḥ-svādhyāya-marśanaiḥ ātmendriya-jayenāpi sannyāsena ca karmaṇām

By ritual action, by sacrifices, by gifts, by austerity, private recitation and reflection, and even by mastery of mind and senses, and by the renunciation of works —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.35

न तथास्य भवेन् मोहो बन्धश् चान्य-प्रसङ्गतः योषित्-सङ्गाद् यथा पुंसो यथा तत्-सङ्गि-सङ्गतः

na tathāsya bhaven moho bandhaś cānya-prasaṅgataḥ yoṣit-saṅgād yathā puṃso yathā tat-saṅgi-saṅgataḥ

— his delusion and bondage would not be as great from attachment to anything else as from a man's attachment to a woman, or from association with those who are attached to her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.36

प्रजापतिः स्वां दुहितरं दृष्ट्वा तद्-रूप-धर्षितः रोहिद्-भूतां सो ऽन्वधावद् ऋक्ष-रूपी हत-त्रपः

prajāpatiḥ svāṃ duhitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā tad-rūpa-dharṣitaḥ rohid-bhūtāṃ so 'nvadhāvad ṛkṣa-rūpī hata-trapaḥ

Prajāpati, seeing his own daughter, overpowered (by desire) for her beauty, ran after her who had become a doe, himself taking the form of a stag, his shame destroyed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.37

प्रावोचं भक्ति-योगस्य स्वरूपं ते चतुर्-विधम् कालस्य चाव्यक्त-गतेर् यो ऽन्तर्धावति जन्तुषु

prāvocaṃ bhakti-yogasya svarūpaṃ te catur-vidham kālasya cāvyakta-gater yo 'ntardhāvati jantuṣu

I have declared to you the fourfold nature of the yoga of devotion, and of time, whose course is unmanifest, which runs hidden within living beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.38

बलं मे पश्य मायायाः स्त्री-मय्या जयिनो दिशाम् या करोति पदाक्रान्तान् भ्रूवि-जृम्भेण केवलम्

balaṃ me paśya māyāyāḥ strī-mayyā jayino diśām yā karoti padākrāntān bhrūvi-jṛmbheṇa kevalam

Behold the power of My māyā in the form of woman, who conquers the conquerors of the quarters, and who makes them lie trampled beneath her foot merely by the play of her brows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.39

सङ्गं न कुर्यात् प्रमदासु जातु योगस्य पारं परम् आरुरुक्षुः मत्-सेवया प्रतिलब्धात्म-लाभो वदन्ति या निरय-द्वारम् अस्य

saṅgaṃ na kuryāt pramadāsu jātu yogasya pāraṃ param ārurukṣuḥ mat-sevayā pratilabdhātma-lābho vadanti yā niraya-dvāram asya

One who wishes to climb to the far shore, the highest point, of yoga, who has attained the gain of the self through service to Me, should never form attachment to women; they call her the door of hell for such a one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.40

योपयाति शनैर् माया योषिद् देव-विनिर्मिता ताम् ईक्षेतात्मनो मृत्युं तृणैः कूपम् इवावृतम्

yopayāti śanair māyā yoṣid deva-vinirmitā tām īkṣetātmano mṛtyuṃ tṛṇaiḥ kūpam ivāvṛtam

The woman who approaches gently is māyā fashioned by the god; one should look upon her as one's own death, like a well covered over with grass.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.41

यां मन्यते पतिं मोहान् मन्-मायाम् ऋषभायतीम् स्त्रीत्वं स्त्री-सङ्गतः प्राप्तो वित्तापत्य-गृह-प्रदम्

yāṃ manyate patiṃ mohān man-māyām ṛṣabhāyatīm strītvaṃ strī-saṅgataḥ prāpto vittāpatya-gṛha-pradam

(A man) who through delusion regards as his lord her who is My māyā, coming as the female — having obtained womanhood through association with woman — the giver of wealth, offspring and home.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 3 32.42

ताम् आत्मनो विजानीयात् पत्य्-अपत्य-गृहात्मकम् दैवोपसादितं मृत्युं मृगयोर् गायनं यथा

tām ātmano vijānīyāt paty-apatya-gṛhātmakam daivopasāditaṃ mṛtyuṃ mṛgayor gāyanaṃ yathā

She should know that (māyā), consisting of husband, children and home, to be her own death, brought near by fate, like the song of a hunter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.43

य इदं शृणुयाद् अम्ब श्रद्धया पुरुषः सकृत् यो वाभिधत्ते मच्-चित्तः स ह्य् एति पदवीं च मे

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyād amba śraddhayā puruṣaḥ sakṛt yo vābhidhatte mac-cittaḥ sa hy eti padavīṃ ca me

Whoever, mother, should hear this even once with faith, or whoever recites it with his mind on Me, he indeed reaches My station.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.44

जीवो ह्य् अस्यानुगो देहो भूतेन्द्रिय-मनो-मयः तन्-निरोधो ऽस्य मरणम् आविर्भावस् तु सम्भवः

jīvo hy asyānugo deho bhūtendriya-mano-mayaḥ tan-nirodho 'sya maraṇam āvirbhāvas tu sambhavaḥ

For the body, made of the elements, the senses and the mind, is what follows the living being; the stopping of it is his death, while its manifestation is his birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.45

द्रव्योपलब्धि-स्थानस्य द्रव्येक्षायोग्यता यदा तत् पञ्चत्वम् अहं-मानाद् उत्पत्तिर् द्रव्य-दर्शनम्

dravyopalabdhi-sthānasya dravyekṣāyogyatā yadā tat pañcatvam ahaṃ-mānād utpattir dravya-darśanam

When there is unfitness for the perceiving of an object in that (body) which is the site of the apprehension of objects, that is (called) 'reaching the five' (death); and birth is the seeing of objects through the conceit of 'I'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 3 32.46

यथाक्ष्णोर् द्रव्यावयव- दर्शनायोग्यता यदा तदैव चक्षुषो द्रष्टुर् द्रष्टृत्वायोग्यतानयोः

yathākṣṇor dravyāvayava- darśanāyogyatā yadā tadaiva cakṣuṣo draṣṭur draṣṭṛtvāyogyatānayoḥ

Just as, when the eye is unfit to see the parts of an object, at that very time the seer too is unfit to be a seer of the two (eye and object).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 3 32.47

तस्मान् न कार्यः सन्त्रासो न कार्पण्यं न सम्भ्रमः बुद्ध्वा जीव-गतिं धीरो मुक्त-सङ्गश् चरेद् इह

tasmān na kāryaḥ santrāso na kārpaṇyaṃ na sambhramaḥ buddhvā jīva-gatiṃ dhīro mukta-saṅgaś cared iha

Therefore one should feel no great fear, no wretchedness, no confusion; having understood the course of the living being, the steady one should move about here free of attachment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 32.48

सम्यग्-दर्शनया बुद्ध्या योग-वैराग्य-युक्तया माया-विरचिते लोके चरेन् न्यस्य कलेवरम्

samyag-darśanayā buddhyā yoga-vairāgya-yuktayā māyā-viracite loke caren nyasya kalevaram

With an intelligence of right vision, joined to yoga and detachment, one should move about in this world fashioned by māyā, having laid aside (identification with) the body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition