Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.24

aham cātmātmajāgāra-

dārārtha-svajanādishu

bhramāmi svapna-kalpeshu

mūdhah satya-dhiyā vibho

SYNONYMS

ahamI; ca — also; ātma — concerning my body; ātma-ja — children; agāra — home; dāra — wife; artha — wealth; sva-jana — followers; ādishu — and so on; bhramāmiam deluded; svapnaa dream; kalpeshu — who are just like; mūdhah — foolish; satya — that they are real; dhiyā — with the idea; vibhoO almighty Lord.

TRANSLATION

I too am deluded in this way, O almighty Lord, foolishly thinking my body, children, home, wife, money and followers to be real, though they are actually as unreal as a dream.

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