SB 11.22.52

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 22: Enumeration of the Elements of Material Creation

SB 11.22.51 - SB 11.22.53

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 52

sattva-saṅgād ṛṣīn devān

rajasāsura-mānuṣān

tamasā bhūta-tiryaktvaṁ

bhrāmito yāti karmabhiḥ

SYNONYMS

sattva-saṅgāt — by association with the mode of goodness; ṛṣīn — to the sages; devān — to the demigods; rajasā — by the mode of passion; asura — to the demons; mānuṣān — and to human beings; tamasā — by the mode of ignorance; bhūta — to the ghostly spirits; tiryaktvam — or the animal kingdom; bhrāmitaḥ — made to wander; yāti — he goes; karmabhiḥ — because of his fruitive activities.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Made to wander because of his fruitive work, the conditioned soul, by contact with the mode of goodness, takes birth among the sages or demigods. By contact with the mode of passion he becomes a demon or human being, and by association with the mode of ignorance he takes birth as a ghost or in the animal kingdom.

PURPORT

The word tiryaktvam means "the status of an animal," which includes all lower forms of life, such as beasts, birds, insects, fish and plants.

SB 11.22.51 - SB 11.22.53