Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 20: Pure Devotional Service Surpasses Knowledge and Detachment

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.20.14

etad vidvan pura mrityor

abhavaya ghateta sah

apramatta idam jnatva

martyam apy artha-siddhi-dam

SYNONYMS

etat -- this; vidvan -- knowing; pura -- before; mrityoh -- death; abhavaya -- to transcend material existence; ghateta -- should act; sah -- he; apramattah -- without laziness or foolishness; idam -- this; jnatva -- knowing; martyam -- subject to death; api -- even though; artha -- of the goal of life; siddhi-dam -- giving the perfection.

TRANSLATION

A wise person, knowing that although the material body is subject to death it can still award the perfection of one's life, should not foolishly neglect to take advantage of this opportunity before death arrives.

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