Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.29.2b

adrishtam drishtavan nańkshed

bhūtam svapnavad anyathā

bhūtam bhavad bhavishyac ca

suptam sarva-raho-rahah

SYNONYMS

adrishtam — future happiness; drishta-vat — like direct experience; nańkshet — becomes vanquished; bhūtam — the material existence; svapnavat — like a dream; anyathā — otherwise; bhūtam — which happened in the past; bhavat — present; bhavishyat — future; ca — also; suptam — a dream; sarva — of all; rahah-rahah — the secret conclusion.

TRANSLATION

Everything happening within time, which consists of past, present and future, is merely a dream. That is the secret understanding in all Vedic literature.

PURPORT

Factually all of material existence is only a dream. Thus there is no question of past, present or future. Persons who are addicted to karma-kānda-vicāra, which means "working for future happiness through fruitive activities," are also dreaming. Similarly, past happiness and present happiness are merely dreams. The actual reality is Krishna and service to Krishna, which can save us from the clutches of māyā, for the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.14), mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etām taranti te: "Those who surrender unto Me can easily cross beyond My illusory energy."

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi."

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