Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.27

kim dhanair dhana-dair va kim

kamair va kama-dair uta

mrtyuna grasyamanasya

karmabhir vota janma-daih

SYNONYMS

kim -- of what use; dhanaih -- are different kinds of wealth; dhana-daih -- the givers of wealth; va -- or; kim -- what is the use; kamaih -- of the objects of sense gratification; va -- or; kama-daih -- those who give such sense gratification; uta -- or; mrtyuna -- by death; grasyamanasya -- for one who is being seized; karmabhih -- by fruitive activities; va uta -- or else; janma-daih -- which give him his next birth.

TRANSLATION

For one who is in the grips of death, what is the use of wealth or those who offer it, sense gratification or those who offer it, or, for that matter, any type of fruitive activity, which simply causes one to again take birth in the material world?

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