Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 26
Genealogies from Yayāti’s Sons to the Yadu Dynasty; Romapāda–Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; Kārtavīryārjuna; and the Rise of Yādava Branches
पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि ह्यव्याहतबल: समा: । अनष्टवित्तस्मरणो बुभुजेऽक्षय्यषड्वसु ॥ २६ ॥
pañcāśīti sahasrāṇi hy avyāhata-balaḥ samāḥ anaṣṭa-vitta-smaraṇo bubhuje ’kṣayya-ṣaḍ-vasu
پچاسی ہزار برس تک وہ بے رکاوٹ قوت اور سلامت یادداشت کے ساتھ دنیوی شان و شوکت سے لطف اندوز ہوتا رہا؛ یعنی اپنی چھ حِسّوں سے نہ ختم ہونے والے بھوگ بھوگتا رہا۔
FAQs
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.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī is narrating these events to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
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.