Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.88.29

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

śākuneya bhavān vyaktaḿ

śrāntaḥ kiḿ dūram āgataḥ

kṣaṇaḿ viśramyatāḿ puḿsa

ātmāyaḿ sarva-kāma-dhuk

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; śākuneya — O son of Śakuni; bhavān — you; vyaktam — evidently; śrāntaḥ — are fatigued; kim — for what reason; dūram — far; āgataḥ — have come; kṣaṇam — for a minute; viśramyatām — please rest; puḿsaḥ — of a person; ātmā — body; ayam — this; sarva — all; kāma — desires; dhuk — bestowing like a cow's milk.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord said: My dear son of Śakuni, you appear tired. Why have you come such a great distance? Please rest for a minute. After all, it is one's body that fulfills all one's desires.

PURPORT

In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrīla Prabhupāda comments, "Before the demon could argue that he had no time to take rest, the Lord began to inform him about the importance of the body, and the demon was convinced. Any man, especially a demon, takes his body to be very important."

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