Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.23

bhagavan jīva-loko 'yaḿ

mohitas tava māyayā

ahaḿ mamety asad-grāho

bhrāmyate karma-vartmasu

SYNONYMS

bhagavan — 0 Supreme Lord; jīva — of living entities; lokaḥ — the world; ayam — this; mohitaḥ — bewildered; tava — Your; māyayā — by the illusory energy; aham mama iti — based on the conceptions of "I" and "my"; asat — false; grāhaḥ — whose conception; bhrāmyate — is made to wander; karma — of fruitive work; vartmasu — along the paths.

TRANSLATION

O Supreme Lord, the living entities in this world are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Becoming involved in the false concepts of "I" and "my," they are forced to wander along the paths of fruitive work.

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