SB 11.20.15

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 20: Pure Devotional Service Surpasses Knowledge and Detachment

SB 11.20.14 - SB 11.20.16

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 15

chidyamānaṁ yamair etaiḥ

kṛta-nīḍaṁ vanaspatim

khagaḥ sva-ketam utsṛjya

kṣemaṁ yāti hy alampaṭaḥ

SYNONYMS

chidyamānam — being cut down; yamaiḥ — by cruel men, who are like death personified; etaiḥ — by these; kṛta-nīḍam — in which he has constructed his nest; vanaspatim — a tree; khagaḥ — a bird; sva-ketam — his home; utsṛjya — giving up; kṣemam — happiness; yāti — achieves; hi — indeed; alampaṭaḥ — without attachment.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Without attachment, a bird gives up the tree in which his nest was constructed when that tree is cut down by cruel men who are like death personified, and thus the bird achieves happiness in another place.

PURPORT

Here the example is given of detachment from the bodily concept of life. The living entity resides within the body just as a bird dwells within a tree. When thoughtless men cut down the tree, the bird, without lamenting the loss of its previous nest, does not hesitate to establish its residence in another place.

SB 11.20.14 - SB 11.20.16