SB 1.16.8
TEXT 8
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TEXT
न कश्चिन्म्रियते तावद् यावदास्त इहान्तकः ।
एतदर्थं हि भगवान् आहूतः परमर्षिभिः । अहो नृलोके पीयेत हरिलीलामृतं वचः ॥ ८ ॥ na kascin mriyate tavad
yavad asta ihantakah
etad-artham hi bhagavan
ahutah paramarsibhih
aho nrloke piyeta
hari-lilamrtam vacah
na-not; kascit-anyone; mriyate-will die; tavat-so long; yavat-as long as; aste-is present; iha-herein; antakah-one who causes the end of life; etat-this; artham-reason; hi-certainly; bhagavan-the representative of the Lord; ahutah-invited; parama-rsibhih-by the great sages; aho-alas; nrloke-in human society; piyeta-let them drink; hari-lila-transcendental pastimes of the Lord; amrtam-nectar for eternal life; vacah-narrations.
TRANSLATION
As long as Yamaraja, who causes everyone's death, is present here, no one shall meet with death. The great sages have invited the controller of death, Yamaraja, who is the representative of the Lord. Living beings who are under his grip should take advantage by hearing the deathless nectar in the form of this narration of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord.
Every human being does not like to meet death, but he does not know how to get rid of death. The surest remedy for avoiding death is to get oneself accustomed to hearing the nectarean pastimes of the Lord as they are systematically narrated in the text of Srimad-Bhagavatam. It is advised herein, therefore, that any human being who desires freedom from death should take to this course of life as recommended by the rsis headed by Saunaka.
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