Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.22.50

taror bīja-vipākābhyāḿ

yo vidvāñ janma-saḿyamau

taror vilakṣaṇo draṣṭā

evaḿ draṣṭā tanoḥ pṛthak

SYNONYMS

taroḥ — of a tree; bīja — (birth from) its seed; vipākābhyām — (destruction subsequent to) maturity; yaḥ — one who; vidvān — in knowledge; janma — of birth; saḿyamau — and death; taroḥ — from the tree; vilakṣaṇaḥ — distinct; draṣṭā — the witness; evam — in the same way; draṣṭā — the witness; tanoḥ — of the material body; pṛṭhak — is separate.

TRANSLATION

One who observes the birth of a tree from its seed and the ultimate death of the tree after maturity certainly remains a distinct observer separate from the tree. In the same way, the witness of the birth and death of the material body remains separate from it.

PURPORT

As a reference to trees, vipāka indicates the final transformation called death. In reference to other types of plants such as rice, vipāka indicates the stage of maturity, in which death also occurs. Thus by common observation one can understand the actual position of one's material body and one's own position as the transcendental observer.

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