Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 Chapter 18 Verse 14

Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 18: The Prayers Offered to the Lord by the Residents of Jambūdvīpa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.14

tasmād rajo-rāga-viṣāda-manyu-

māna-spṛhā-bhayadainyādhimūlam

hitvā gṛhaḿ saḿsṛti-cakravālaḿ

nṛsiḿha-pādaḿ bhajatākutobhayam iti

SYNONYMS

tasmāt — therefore; rajaḥ — of passion or material desires; rāga — attachment for material things; viṣāda — then disappointment; manyu — anger; māna-spṛhā — the desire to be respectable in society; bhaya — fear; dainya — of poverty; adhimūlam — the root cause; hitvā — giving up; gṛham — household life; saḿsṛti-cakravālam — the cycle of repeated birth and death; nṛsiḿha-pādam — the lotus feet of Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva; bhajata — worship; akutaḥ-bhayam — the shelter of fearlessness; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O demons, give up the so-called happiness of family life and simply take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva, which are the actual shelter of fearlessness. Entanglement in family life is the root cause of material attachment, indefatigable desires, moroseness, anger, despair, fear and the desire for false prestige, all of which result in the repetition of birth and death.

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