Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 5 Verse 30

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 5: The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.5.30

nūnaḿ hy adṛṣṭa-niṣṭho 'yam

adṛṣṭa-paramo janaḥ

adṛṣṭam ātmanas tattvaḿ

yo veda na sa muhyati

SYNONYMS

nūnam — certainly; hi — indeed; adṛṣṭa — unseen; niṣṭhaḥ ayam — something ends there; adṛṣṭa — the unseen destiny; paramaḥ — ultimate; janaḥ — every living entity within this material world; adṛṣṭam — that destiny; ātmanaḥ — of oneself; tattvam — ultimate truth; yaḥ — anyone who; veda — knows; na — not; saḥ — he; muhyati — becomes bewildered.

TRANSLATION

Every man is certainly controlled by destiny, which determines the results of one's fruitive activities. In other words, one has a son or daughter because of unseen destiny, and when the son or daughter is no longer present, this also is due to unseen destiny. Destiny is the ultimate controller of everyone. One who knows this is never bewildered.

PURPORT

Nanda Mahārāja consoled his younger brother Vasudeva by saying that destiny is ultimately responsible for everything. Vasudeva should not be unhappy that his many children had been killed by Kaḿsa or that the last child, the daughter, had gone to the heavenly planets.

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