SB 10.85.17

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons

SB 10.85.16 - SB 10.85.18

His Divine Grace
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

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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."

SB 10.85.16 - SB 10.85.18