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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.27.29
त्वमव्यक्तगतिर्भुङ्क्ष्व लोकं कर्मविनिर्मितम् ।
या हि मे पृतनायुक्ता प्रजानाशं प्रणेष्यसि ॥ २९ ॥
tvam avyakta-gatir bhuṅkṣva
lokaṁ karma-vinirmitam
yā hi me pṛtanā-yuktā
prajā-nāśaṁ praṇeṣyasi
This world is a product of fruitive activities. Therefore you may imperceptibly attack people in general. Helped by my soldiers, you can kill them without opposition.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The material world is shaped by fruitive activities, or work aimed at material results. Its comforts appear attractive to those absorbed in sense gratification and unaware of their spiritual identity.
Despite efforts to keep the body comfortable, it continues to give pain. Old age, disease and death expose the limits of material advancement.
Every living entity is a spiritual being, and death is followed by another birth. Without spiritual advancement, the opportunity of human life is wasted.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of SB 4.27.29 quotesSB 5.5.4
As described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.5.4): Those without knowledge of the spirit soul are mad after materialistic activities, and they perform all kinds of sinful activities simply for sense gratification.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Worldly absorption → Sobering awareness. The mind's identification with material life becomes visible.
Chapters 24–29 of Canto 4: Śiva's song and the allegory of Purañjana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Purañjana grows deeply attached to family while Caṇḍavega’s soldiers attack his city.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.27Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead
What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 4.27
In this verse: “sense gratification”, “material”
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 4.27
In this verse: “death”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How much of my effort goes toward bodily comfort compared with spiritual advancement?
Spend five minutes reflecting on your spiritual identity instead of pursuing one optional material comfort.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.
Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 4.27's connections
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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