Display
Devanagari is shown only when this page stored it. Harvard-Kyoto and ASCII are generated from the IAST verse.
Vanisource / Original texts
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.48
Save this passage to keep a private note on this device. Notes are not sent to Vedawiki.
Cite
Source navigation
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 48
- tat te vayaṁ loka-sisṛkṣayādya
- tvayānusṛṣṭās tribhir ātmabhiḥ sma
- sarve viyuktāḥ sva-vihāra-tantraṁ
- na śaknumas tat pratihartave te
tattherefore — therefore; teYour — Your; vayamall of us — all of us; lokaworld — world; sisṛkṣayāfor the sake of creation — for the sake of creation; ādyaO Original person — O Original person; tvayāby You — by You; anusṛṣṭāḥbeing created one after another — being created one after another; tribhiḥby the three modes of nature — by the three modes of nature; ātmabhiḥby one's own — by one's own; smain the past — in the past; sarveall — all; viyuktāḥseparated — separated; svathe network of activities for one's own pleasure-vihārathe network of activities for one's own pleasure-tantramthe network of activities for one's own pleasure — the network of activities for one's own pleasure; nanot — not; śaknumaḥcould do it — could do it; tatthat — that; pratihartaveto award — to award; teunto Your — unto Your.
O Original Person, we are therefore but Yours only. Although we are Your creatures, we are born one after another under the influence of the three modes of nature, and for this reason we are separated in action. Therefore, after the creation we could not act concertedly for Your transcendental pleasure.
The cosmic creation is working under the influence of the three modes of the external potency of the Lord. Different creatures are also under the same influence, and therefore they cannot act concertedly in satisfying the Lord. Because of this diverse activity, there cannot be any harmony in the material world. The best policy, therefore, is to act for the sake of the Lord. That will bring about the desired harmony.