SB 10.14.54
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 54
- tasmāt priyatamaḥ svātmā
- sarveṣām api dehinām
- tad-artham eva sakalaṁ
- jagad etac carācaram
SYNONYMS
tasmāt — therefore; priya-tamaḥ — most dear; sva-ātmā — one's own self; sarveṣām — for all; api — indeed; dehinām — embodied living beings; tat-artham — for the sake of it; eva — certainly; sakalam — all; jagat — the created universe; etat — this; cara-acaram — with its moving and nonmoving entities.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Therefore it is his own self that is most dear to every embodied living being, and it is simply for the satisfaction of this self that the whole material creation of moving and nonmoving entities exists.
PURPORT
The word carācaram indicates moving living entities, such as animals, and nonmoving living entities, such as trees. Or the word may also refer to moving possessions, such as one's family and pets, and nonmoving possessions, such as one's house and household paraphernalia.