268 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 5

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; tat—that; nisamya—
hearing; atha—thereafter; haryasvah—all the sons of Prajapati Daksa;
autpattika—naturally awakened; manisayad—by possessing the power to
consider; vdcah—of the speech; kitam—the enigma; tu—but;
devarseh—of Narada Muni; svayam—themselves; vimamrsuh—
reflected upon; dhiyd—with full intelligence.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Hearing these enigmatic words of
Narada Muni, the HaryaSvas considered them with their natural
intelligence, without help from others.

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a aa sets aqank faseray |
em ve Prater femacrafinag ie 2:
bhih ksetram jiva-sarijiam yad
anadi nija-bandhanam
adrstvd tasya nirvanam
kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

bhih—the earth; ksetram—the field of activities; jiva-sarnjnam—the
designation of the spiritual living being who is bound by different results
of activity; yat—which; anddi—existing since time immemorial; nija-
bandhanam—causing his own bondage; adrstva—without seeing;
tasya—of this; nirvénam—the cessation; kim—what benefit: asat-
karmabhih—with temporary fruitive activities; bhavet—there can be.

TRANSLATION

[The Haryasvas understood the meaning of Narada’s words as
follows.] The word ‘‘bhih” [‘‘the earth”’] refers to the field of
activities. The material body, which is a result of the living being’s
actions, is his field of activities, and it gives him false designations.
Since time immemorial, he has received various types of material
bodies, which are the roots of bondage to the material world. If
