SB 10.40.27

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

SB 10.40.26 - SB 10.40.28

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 27

notsahe 'haṁ kṛpaṇa-dhīḥ

kāma-karma-hataṁ manaḥ

roddhuṁ pramāthibhiś cākṣair

hriyamāṇam itas tataḥ

SYNONYMS

na utsahe — am not able to find the strength; aham — I; kṛpaṇa — crippled; dhīḥ — whose intelligence; kāma — by material desires; karma — and material activities; hatam — disturbed; manaḥ — my mind; roddhum — to keep in check; pramāthibhiḥ — which are very powerful and willful; ca — and; akṣaiḥ — by the senses; hriyamāṇam — being dragged; itaḥ tataḥ — here and there.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

My intelligence is so crippled that I cannot find the strength to curb my mind, which is disturbed by material desires and activities and constantly dragged here and there by my obstinate senses.

SB 10.40.26 - SB 10.40.28