Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 15
Nondual Vision Beyond Praise and Blame
Dvandva-nivṛtti and Ātma-viveka
शोकहर्षभयक्रोधलोभमोहस्पृहादय: । अहङ्कारस्य दृश्यन्ते जन्म मृत्युश्च नात्मन: ॥ १५ ॥
śoka-harṣa-bhaya-krodha- lobha-moha-spṛhādayaḥ ahaṅkārasya dṛśyante janma-mṛtyuś ca nātmanaḥ
嘆き、歓喜、恐れ、怒り、貪り、迷い、渇望、そして生と死は、偽我の経験であって、清浄な魂のものではない。
False ego is the pure soul’s illusory identification with the subtle material mind and the gross material body. As a result of this illusory identification, the conditioned soul feels lamentation for things lost, jubilation over things gained, fear of things inauspicious, anger at the frustration of his desires, and greed for sense gratification. And so, bewildered by such false attractions and aversions, the conditioned soul must accept further material bodies, which means he must undergo repeated births and deaths. One who is self-realized knows that all such mundane emotions have nothing to do with the pure soul, whose natural propensity is to engage in the loving service of the Lord.
FAQs
This verse states that such emotions arise in ahaṅkāra (false ego)—the sense of “I am the body/mind”—and are not intrinsic to the pure ātman.
Krishna teaches Uddhava that birth and death belong to the changing material identity (ego/body), while the true Self is unborn and unaffected; liberation comes from shifting identity from ego to ātman.
Pause and observe the emotion as a movement in the ego-mind, not as your real identity; then respond from steadiness through devotion, remembrance of Krishna, and discrimination between the Self and the body-mind.