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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.40.26

yathabudho jalam hitva

praticchannam tad-udbhavaih

abhyeti mriga-trishnam vai

tadvat tvaham paran-mukhah

SYNONYMS

yatha -- as; abudhah -- someone who is unintelligent; jalam -- water; hitva -- overlooking; praticchannam -- covered; tat-udbhavaih -- by the plants growing in it; abhyeti -- approaches; mriga-trishnam -- a mirage; vai -- indeed; tadvat -- in that same way; tva -- You; aham -- I; parak-mukhah -- turned away.

TRANSLATION

Just as a fool overlooks a body of water covered by the vegetation growing in it and chases a mirage, so I have turned away from You.

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