SB 12.10.41
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 41
- etat kecid avidvāṁso
- māyā-saṁsṛtir ātmanaḥ
- anādy-āvartitaṁ nṟṇāṁ
- kādācitkaṁ pracakṣate
SYNONYMS
etat — this; kecit — some persons; avidvāṁsaḥ — who are not learned; māyā-saṁsṛtiḥ — the illusory creation; ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Soul; anādi — from time immemorial; āvartitam — repeating; nṟṇām — of conditioned living beings; kādācitkam — unprecedented; pracakṣate — they say.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Although this event was unique and unprecedented, some unintelligent persons compare it to the cycle of illusory material existence the Supreme Lord has created for the conditioned souls—an endless cycle that has been continuing since time immemorial.
PURPORT
Mārkaṇḍeya's being drawn into the Lord's body by His inhalation and expelled again by His exhalation should not be considered a symbolic description of the perennial cycles of material creation and annihilation. This portion of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes a real, historical event experienced by a great devotee of the Lord, and those trying to relegate this story to mere symbolic allegory are here declared to be unintelligent fools.