Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 25

Mahārāja Sagara, Kapila Muni, and the Deliverance of the Sixty Thousand Sons

Devanagari script

त्वन्मायारचिते लोके वस्तुबुद्ध्या गृहादिषु । भ्रमन्ति कामलोभेर्ष्यामोहविभ्रान्तचेतस: ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

tvan-māyā-racite loke vastu-buddhyā gṛhādiṣu bhramanti kāma-lobherṣyā- moha-vibhrānta-cetasaḥ

Translation

O my Lord, those whose hearts are bewildered by the influence of lust, greed, envy and illusion are interested only in false hearth and home in this world created by Your māyā. Attached to home, wife and children, they wander in this material world perpetually.

Synonyms

• tvat-māyā-racite: in (the world) created by Your māyā
• tvat-māyā-racite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + racita (कृदन्त; √rac रचने)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; PPP 'racita' — 'made by your māyā'; qualifies 'loke'

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• vastu-buddhyā: by (mistaken) object-notion
• vastu-buddhyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक) + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; 'with the notion of reality/thingness'

• gṛha-ādiṣu: in houses and the like
• gṛha-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Plural; 'in house etc.'

• bhramanti: they wander
• bhramanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (धातु; भ्रम् चलने/भ्रान्तौ)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• kāma-lobha-īrṣyā-moha-vibhrānta-cetasaḥ: whose minds are confused by desire, greed, envy, and delusion
• kāma-lobha-īrṣyā-moha-vibhrānta-cetasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + lobha (प्रातिपदिक) + īrṣyā (प्रातिपदिक) + moha (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhrānta (कृदन्त; √bhram with vi-) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; बहुव्रीहि: 'those whose minds are deluded by desire, greed, envy, and infatuation'

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about māyā and thinking worldly life is permanent?

This verse says the world is arranged by the Lord’s māyā, and people mistake home and possessions as lasting reality, which keeps the mind wandering in delusion.

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī describe lust, greed, envy, and delusion together?

He groups them as the main forces that distort consciousness, making a person cling to material ‘substance’ and lose clear spiritual vision.

How can I apply this Bhagavatam teaching in modern life?

Treat possessions and status as temporary, watch for kāma-lobha-īrṣyā-moha in daily decisions, and re-center life on devotion and remembrance of the Lord rather than constant acquisition.