Shloka 53
Varṇāśrama-dharma as a Path to Bhakti
Yuga-dharma Origins, Universal Virtues, Brahmacarya and Gṛhastha Duties
पुत्रदाराप्तबन्धूनां सङ्गम: पान्थसङ्गम: । अनुदेहं वियन्त्येते स्वप्नो निद्रानुगो यथा ॥ ५३ ॥
putra-dārāpta-bandhūnāṁ saṅgamaḥ pāntha-saṅgamaḥ anu-dehaṁ viyanty ete svapno nidrānugo yathā
သားသမီး၊ ဇနီး၊ ဆွေမျိုး၊ မိတ်ဆွေတို့နှင့် ပေါင်းသင်းခြင်းသည် ခရီးသွားများ၏ ခဏတာတွေ့ဆုံမှုကဲ့သို့သာ ဖြစ်သည်။ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာပြောင်းလဲသည့်အခါ အားလုံးနှင့် ခွဲခွာရပြီး၊ အိပ်မက်သည် အိပ်ရာမှနိုးသည့်အခါ ပျောက်ကွယ်သကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်သည်။
Pāntha-saṅgama indicates the momentary association of travelers at hotels, restaurants, tourist spots or, in more traditional cultures, freshwater wells and walking paths. We are now associated with many relatives, friends and well-wishers, but as soon as we change our material body we will immediately be separated from all these associates, just as upon awakening we are immediately separated from the imaginary situation of a dream. One becomes attached to the sense gratification of one’s dream, and similarly, under the spell of the illusory concepts of “I” and “mine,” we become attached to so-called relatives and friends who gratify our sense of false ego. Unfortunately, such fleeting egoistic association covers our real knowledge of the self and the Supreme, and we remain hovering in material illusion, futilely endeavoring for permanent sense gratification. One who remains attached to the bodily concept of family and friends cannot possibly give up the false egoism of “I” and “mine,” or “I am everything and everything is mine.”
FAQs
This verse says such associations are temporary—like travelers meeting briefly—and inevitably end; therefore one should not base one’s ultimate identity or security on them.
Krishna was preparing Uddhava for spiritual steadiness by teaching him vairagya—seeing worldly ties as impermanent—so his devotion would remain fixed on the eternal Lord.
Do your duties to family with compassion, but remember relationships and possessions are not permanent; cultivate daily bhakti (hearing, chanting, remembrance) as the lasting shelter.