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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.29.58
कर्माण्यारभते येन पुमानिह विहाय तम् ।
अमुत्रान्येन देहेन जुष्टानि स यदश्नुते ॥ ५८ ॥
karmāṇy ārabhate yena
pumān iha vihāya tam
amutrānyena dehena
juṣṭāni sa yad aśnute
The results of whatever a living entity does in this life are enjoyed in the next life.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The results of a living entity’s activities in this life are experienced in the next life. Their consequences extend beyond the present body.
The King wants to understand how one body is linked with another. He asks how actions performed in this body can bring enjoyment or suffering in a later body.
Each individual soul has an individual body, and one person does not experience another person’s results. The question is how the same living entity experiences those results after changing bodies.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Nārada explains the allegory and devotional service; Prācīnabarhi leaves home to perform austerities.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.29Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Ūti · The creative impetus
Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 4.29
In this verse: “understand”
Karuṇā · Compassion
Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 4.29
In this verse: “suffering”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.29
In this verse: “king”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might considering consequences beyond this life change the way I act today?
Before one deliberate action today, pause to consider that its consequences may extend beyond your present body.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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