Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 26

Genealogies from Yayāti’s Sons to the Yadu Dynasty; Romapāda–Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; Kārtavīryārjuna; and the Rise of Yādava Branches

Devanagari script

पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि ह्यव्याहतबल: समा: । अनष्टवित्तस्मरणो बुभुजेऽक्षय्यषड्‍वसु ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

pañcāśīti sahasrāṇi hy avyāhata-balaḥ samāḥ anaṣṭa-vitta-smaraṇo bubhuje ’kṣayya-ṣaḍ-vasu

Translation

八万五千年のあいだ、彼は衰えぬ力と損なわれぬ記憶を保ちつつ物質的な繁栄を絶えず享受した。すなわち六つの感官によって尽きぬ享楽を味わった。

Synonyms

• पञ्चाशीतिः: eighty-five
• पञ्चाशीतिः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Numerical qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; संख्या-शब्दः (50+30=80? here pañcāśīti = 85)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (निपात/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• अव्याहतबलः: of unimpeded strength
• अव्याहतबलः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्याहत + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—अव्याहतं बलं यस्य (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थः)

• समाः: years
• समाः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Temporal locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• अनष्टवित्तस्मरणः: whose memory of wealth was not lost
• अनष्टवित्तस्मरणः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनष्ट + वित्त + स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—अनष्टं वित्तं (कर्मधारय) + तस्य स्मरणः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थः—यस्य अनष्टवित्तस्मरणम्

• बुभुजे: enjoyed/experienced
• बुभुजे: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अक्षय्यषड्वसु: imperishable sixfold wealth/treasures
• अक्षय्यषड्वसु: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षय्य + षट् + वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—अक्षय्यं षड्वसु (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष); षड्वसु = षण्णां वसूनां समाहारः/षड्-वसु (द्विगु-भावः)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about long life and sense enjoyment?

This verse describes prolonged enjoyment with undiminished strength and inexhaustible wealth, yet in the Bhagavatam’s broader message such enjoyment still remains within material time and does not grant lasting fulfillment to the soul.

Who is speaking this verse in Bhagavatam 9.23.26?

Śukadeva Gosvāmī is narrating these events to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.

Practical application: what is the takeaway from having “inexhaustible” wealth and strength?

Even extraordinary resources and vitality can keep one bound to enjoyment; the practical lesson is to cultivate vairāgya (detachment) and redirect life’s energy toward bhakti, which yields lasting inner satisfaction.