Shloka 26

Yoga-māyā Appears as Durgā; Kaṁsa’s Repentance and the Demonic Policy of Persecuting Vaiṣṇavas

Devanagari script

एवमेतन्महाभाग यथा वदसि देहिनाम् । अज्ञानप्रभवाहंधी: स्वपरेति भिदा यत: ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

evam etan mahā-bhāga yathā vadasi dehinām ajñāna-prabhavāhaṁ-dhīḥ sva-pareti bhidā yataḥ

Translation

โอ้กังสะผู้มีบุญ ดังที่ท่านกล่าวนั้นถูกต้องแล้ว ในหมู่ผู้มีร่างกาย ด้วยอิทธิพลแห่งอวิชชาจึงเกิดอหังการยึดกาย และจากนั้นจึงมีความแบ่งแยกว่า “นี่ของเรา” “นั่นของเขา”

Synonyms

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)/Prātipadikārtha (predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (context: predicate ‘this (is)’)

• mahat-bhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahat-bhāga: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (‘महान् भागः यस्य’/‘greatly fortunate’ as vocative address); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• yathā: as / just as
• yathā: Sambandha (उपमान/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/adverb)

• vadasi: you say
• vadasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• dehinām: of embodied beings
• dehinām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (generic), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ajñāna-prabhavāhaṁ-dhīḥ: the ego-intellect born of ignorance
• ajñāna-prabhavāhaṁ-dhīḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhava (प्रातिपदिक) + aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष समास (सम्बन्ध-निर्देश: ‘अज्ञान-प्रभवा अहं-धीः’ = intellect of ‘I’ arising from ignorance); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sva-parā: (the notion of) ‘self and other’
• sva-parā: Karta (कर्ता)/Prātipadikārtha
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व समास (इतरेतर: ‘स्वः च परः’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (as part of quoted notion)

• iti: thus / ‘so’
• iti: Sambandha (उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• bhidā: division / distinction
• bhidā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhidā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yataḥ: because / from which
• yataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (causal relative adverb)

Purport

Everything is done automatically by the laws of nature, which work under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no question of doing anything independently, for one who has put himself in this material atmosphere is fully under the control of nature’s laws. Our main business, therefore, should be to get out of this conditioned life and again become situated in spiritual existence. Only due to ignorance does a person think, “I am a demigod,” “I am a human being,” “I am a dog,” “I am a cat,” or, when the ignorance is still further advanced, “I am God.” Unless one is fully self-realized, one’s life of ignorance will continue.

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Kaṁsa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about false ego (ahaṅkāra) and the sense of 'I' and 'mine'?

This verse states that the ‘I’-conception and the split of ‘self’ versus ‘other’ arise from ignorance in embodied life.

Why did Vasudeva say this to Kaṁsa in Bhagavatam 10.4?

Vasudeva addresses Kaṁsa to calm his aggression, pointing out that enmity and fear are born from ignorance and the mistaken view of ‘mine’ and ‘others.’

How can I apply the teaching of sva-para-bheda (self–other division) in modern life?

By recognizing how ego-based identity creates conflict, one can practice humility, reduce hostility, and cultivate devotion and compassion rooted in spiritual understanding.