भू: क्षेत्रं जीवसंज्ञं यदनादि निजबन्धनम् । अदृष्ट्वा तस्य निर्वाणं किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ ११ ॥
bhuh ksetram jiva-samjnam yad anadi nija-bandhanam adrstva tasya nirvanam kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
- bhuh
- the earth
- ksetram
- the field of activities
- jiva-samjnam
- the designation of the spiritual living being who is bound by different results of activity
- yat
- which
- anadi
- existing since time immemorial
- nija-bandhanam
- causing his own bondage
- adrstva
- without seeing
- tasya
- of this
- nirvanam
- the cessation
- kim
- what benefit
- asat-karmabhih
- with temporary fruitive activities
- bhavet
- there can be.
(The Haryasvas understood the meaning of Narada’s words as follows.) The word bhu (the eart) 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 one foolishly engages in temporary fruitive activities and does not look toward the cessation of this bondage, what will be the benefit of his actions?