Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.25.14

etā hy eveha nribhir upagantavyā gatayo yathā-karma-vinirmitā yathopadeśam anuvarnitāh kāmān kāmayamānaih

SYNONYMS

etāh — all these; hi — indeed; eva — certainly; iha — in this universe; nribhih — by all living entities; upagantavyāh — achievable; gatayah — destinations; yathā-karma — according to one's past activities; vinirmitāh — created; yathā-upadeśam — as instructed; anuvarnitāh — described accordingly; kāmān — material enjoyment; kāmayamānaih — by those who are desiring.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, as I heard of it from my spiritual master, I have fully described to you the creation of this material world according to the fruitive activities and desires of the conditioned souls. Those conditioned souls, who are full of material desires, achieve various situations in different planetary systems, and in this way they live within this material creation.

PURPORT

In this regard, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura sings,

anādi karama-phale, padi' bhavārnava-jale,

taribāre nā dekhi upāya

"My Lord, I do not know when I commenced my material life, but I can certainly experience that I have fallen in the deep ocean of nescience. Now I can also see that there is no other way to get out of it than to take shelter of Your lotus feet." Similarly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offers the following prayer:

ayi nanda-tanuja kińkaram

patitam mām vishame bhavāmbudhau

kripayā tava pāda-pańkaja-

sthita-dhūlī-sadriśam vicintaya

"My dear Lord, son of Nanda Mahārāja, I am Your eternal servant. Somehow or other, I have fallen into this ocean of nescience. Kindly, therefore, save me from this horrible condition of materialistic life."

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