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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.8
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 8
- na kaścin mriyate tāvad
- yāvad āsta ihāntakaḥ
- etad-arthaṁ hi bhagavān
- āhūtaḥ paramarṣibhiḥ
- aho nṛ-loke pīyeta
- hari-līlāmṛtaṁ vacaḥ
nanot — not; kaścitanyone — anyone; mriyatewill die — will die; tāvatso long — so long; yāvatas long as — as long as; āsteis present — is present; ihaherein — herein; antakaḥone who causes the end of life — one who causes the end of life; etatthis — this; arthamreason — reason; hicertainly — certainly; bhagavānthe representative of the Lord — the representative of the Lord; āhūtaḥinvited — invited; paramaby the great sages-ṛṣibhiḥby the great sages — by the great sages; ahoalas — alas; nṛin human society-lokein human society — in human society; pīyetalet them drink — let them drink; haritranscendental pastimes of the Lord-līlātranscendental pastimes of the Lord — transcendental pastimes of the Lord; amṛtamnectar for eternal life — nectar for eternal life; vacaḥnarrations — narrations.
As long as Yamarāja, who causes everyone's death, is present here, no one shall meet with death. The great sages have invited the controller of death, Yamarāja, who is the representative of the Lord. Living beings who are under his grip should take advantage by hearing the deathless nectar in the form of this narration of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord.
Every human being dislikes meeting death, but he does not know how to get rid of death. The surest remedy for avoiding death is to accustom oneself to hearing the nectarean pastimes of the Lord as they are systematically narrated in the text of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. It is advised herein, therefore, that any human being who desires freedom from death should take to this course of life as recommended by the ṛṣis headed by Śaunaka.