Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 24

Viṣṇupadī Gaṅgā: Descent, Cosmic Pathways, and Śiva’s Praise of Saṅkarṣaṇa

Devanagari script

यन्निर्मितां कर्ह्यपि कर्मपर्वणींमायां जनोऽयं गुणसर्गमोहित: । न वेद निस्तारणयोगमञ्जसातस्मै नमस्ते विलयोदयात्मने ॥ २४ ॥

Transliteration

yan-nirmitāṁ karhy api karma-parvaṇīṁ māyāṁ jano ’yaṁ guṇa-sarga-mohitaḥ na veda nistāraṇa-yogam añjasā tasmai namas te vilayodayātmane

Translation

Иллюзорная энергия Верховного Господа связывает обусловленные души с этим миром через ступени кармы и вводит их в заблуждение творением гун; потому без Его милости невозможно понять простой путь выхода из майи. Я приношу почтительные поклоны Господу, причине творения и разрушения.

Synonyms

• yat-nirmitām: which is created (by whom)
• yat-nirmitām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad + nirmita (प्रातिपदिक; from √mā/√mī with nir-)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; PPP ‘constructed’; relative compound ‘yena nirmitām’ qualifying māyām

• karhi: ever/at any time
• karhi: Kāla (काल/Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: karhi (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक) ‘ever/at any time’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) ‘also/even’

• karma-parvaṇīm: having the joints/links of karma
• karma-parvaṇīm: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karma + parvanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘karmasya parvaṇī’ (having joints/segments of karma) qualifying māyām

• māyām: illusion/power of māyā
• māyām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• janaḥ: a person/people
• janaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• ayam: this
• ayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• guṇa-sarga-mohitaḥ: deluded by the creation of the guṇas
• guṇa-sarga-mohitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa + sarga + mohita (प्रातिपदिक; from √muh)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; PPP ‘deluded’; compound: ‘guṇānāṁ sargeṇa mohitaḥ’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• veda: knows
• veda: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (विद् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, present), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• nistāraṇa-yogam: the means of deliverance
• nistāraṇa-yogam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nistāraṇa + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘nistāraṇasya yogaḥ’ (means/discipline for deliverance)

• añjasā: directly/easily
• añjasā: Prakāra (प्रकार/Adverbial manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: añjas (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
• Form: Adverbial instrumental (तृतीया-प्रयोग) meaning ‘straightway/easily’

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक; indeclinable-like)
• Form: Exclamatory indeclinable (नमस्-प्रयोग) used with dative

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (4th), Singular; 2nd person pronoun enclitic

• vilaya-udaya-ātmane: to the one whose nature is dissolution and creation
• vilaya-udaya-ātmane: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya + udaya + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th), Singular; compound: ‘vilayaś ca udayaś ca’ as qualifiers of ātman; ‘whose nature is dissolution and arising’

Purport

Kṛṣṇa clearly states in Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) :

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about crossing māyā?

This verse says people, deluded by the guṇas, fail to know the direct means to cross the Lord’s māyā; liberation comes by taking shelter of the Lord who controls creation and dissolution.

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī glorify the Lord as ‘vilaya-udaya-ātmā’?

He emphasizes that the same Supreme Lord who expands the universe also withdraws it; recognizing His supremacy helps the listener understand that māyā and karma operate under Him, not independently.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Instead of being carried by endless karmic “stages” (career, status, consumption), one can seek the direct path—regular bhakti practices (hearing, chanting, remembrance)—to rise above guṇa-driven confusion.