Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.85.12

naśvareṣv iha bhāveṣu

tad asi tvam anaśvaram

yathā dravya-vikāreṣu

dravya-mātraḿ nirūpitam

SYNONYMS

naśvareṣu — subject to destruction; ihain this world; bhāveṣu — among entities; tat — that; asiare; tvam — You; anaśvaram — the indestructible; yathā — just as; dravya — of a substance; vikāreṣu — among the transformations; dravya-mātram — the substance itself; nirūpitam — ascertained.

TRANSLATION

You are the one indestructible entity among all the destructible things of this world, like the underlying substance that is seen to remain unchanged while the things made from it undergo transformations.

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