Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.20.14

etad vidvān purā mṛtyor

abhavāya ghaṭeta saḥ

apramatta idaḿ jñātvā

martyam apy artha-siddhi-dam

SYNONYMS

etat — this; vidvān — knowing; purā — before; mṛtyoḥ — death; abhavāya — to transcend material existence; ghaṭeta — should act; saḥ — he; apramattaḥ — without laziness or foolishness; idam — this; jñātvā — knowing; martyam — subject to death; api — even though; artha — of the goal of life; siddhi-dam — giving the perfection.

TRANSLATION

A wise person, knowing that although the material body is subject to death it can still award the perfection of one's life, should not foolishly neglect to take advantage of this opportunity before death arrives.

<<< >>>

Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
His Holiness Hrdayananda dasa Goswami
Gopiparanadhana dasa Adhikari
Dravida dasa Brahmacari