Canto 5: The Creative ImpetusChapter 25: The Glories of Lord Ananta

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.25.15

etāvatīr hi rājan puḿsaḥ pravṛtti-lakṣaṇasya dharmasya vipāka-gataya uccāvacā visadṛśā yathā-praśnaḿ vyācakhye kim anyat kathayāma iti

SYNONYMS

etāvatīḥ — of such a kind; hi — certainly; rājanO King; puḿsaḥ — of the human being; pravṛtti-lakṣaṇasya — symptomized by inclinations; dharmasya — of the execution of duties; vipāka-gatayaḥ — the resultant destinations; ucca-avacāḥ — high and low; visadṛśāḥ — different; yathā-praśnamas you inquired; vyācakhyeI have described; kim anyat — what else; kathayāma — shall I speak; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, I have thus described how people generally act according to their different desires and, as a result, get different types of bodies in higher or lower planets. You inquired of these things from me, and I have explained to you whatever I have heard from authorities. What shall I speak of now?

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Glories of Lord Ananta."

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