SB 12.5.5
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 5: Śukadeva Gosvāmī's Final Instructions to Mahārāja Parīkṣit
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 5
- ghaṭe bhinne ghaṭākāśa
- ākāśaḥ syād yathā purā
- evaṁ dehe mṛte jīvo
- brahma sampadyate punaḥ
SYNONYMS
ghaṭe — a pot; bhinne — when it is broken; ghāṭa-ākāśaḥ — the sky within the pot; ākāśaḥ — sky; syāt — remains; yathā — as; purā — previously; evam — similarly; dehe — the body; mṛte — when it is given up, in the liberated condition; jīvaḥ — the individual soul; brahma — his spiritual status; sampadyate — attains; punaḥ — once again.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
When a pot is broken, the portion of sky within the pot remains as the element sky, just as before. In the same way, when the gross and subtle bodies die, the living entity within resumes his spiritual identity.