SB 11.22.51
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 51
- prakṛter evam ātmānam
- avivicyābudhaḥ pumān
- tattvena sparśa-sammūḍhaḥ
- saṁsāraṁ pratipadyate
SYNONYMS
prakṛteḥ — from material nature; evam — in this way; ātmānam — the self; avivicya — failing to distinguish; abudhaḥ — the unintelligent; pumān — person; tattvena — because of thinking (material things) to be real; sparśa — by material contact; sammūḍhaḥ — completely bewildered; saṁsāram — the cycle of material existence; pratipadyate — attains.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
An unintelligent man, failing to distinguish himself from material nature, thinks nature to be real. By contact with it he becomes completely bewildered and enters into the cycle of material existence.
PURPORT
A similar verse is found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 1.7.5):
- yayā sammohito jīva
- ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam
- paro 'pi manute 'narthaṁ
- tat-kṛtaṁ cābhipadyate
"Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries."