Shloka 43
Nārada’s Protection of Kayādhu and Prahlāda’s Womb-Instructions: Ātma-tattva and the Path of Bhakti
कामान्कामयते काम्यैर्यदर्थमिह पूरुष: । स वै देहस्तु पारक्यो भङ्गुरो यात्युपैति च ॥ ४३ ॥
kāmān kāmayate kāmyair yad-artham iha pūruṣaḥ sa vai dehas tu pārakyo bhaṅguro yāty upaiti ca
ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာအဆင်ပြေမှုအတွက် လူသည် ဆန္ဒများစွာကို လိုလားပြီး အစီအစဉ်များစွာ ချမှတ်သည်။ သို့သော် ဤကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသည် ကိုယ့်ပိုင်မဟုတ်၊ အခြားသူ၏ပိုင်ဆိုင်မှုဖြစ်သည်။ ပျက်လွယ်သော ဤခန္ဓာသည် အတ္တကို ခဏတာဖက်တွယ်ပြီး နောက်ဆုံးတွင် စွန့်ခွာသွားသည်။
Everyone desires comfort for his body and tries to make a suitable situation for this purpose, forgetting that the body is meant to be eaten by dogs, jackals or moths and thus turned into useless stool, ashes or earth. The living entity wastes his time in a futile attempt to gain material possessions for the comfort of one body after another.
FAQs
This verse states that the body is fragile and continually “comes and goes”—it is obtained and then lost—so it should not be treated as the permanent self.
Prahlāda emphasizes that the embodied condition is not our true identity; the body is not the real self and is ultimately taken away by time, karma, and death.
Use the body responsibly as a temporary instrument for dharma and bhakti, but reduce obsession with sense-gratification by cultivating remembrance of God and purposeful living.