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Description of Adverse Fruitive Activities
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lower grade man is satisfied in that position because of the spell of  māyā , the external energy.  Māyā  has two phases of activities. One is called  prakṣepātmikā , and another is called  āvaraṇātmikā .  Āvaraṇātmikā  means “covering,” and  prakṣepātmikā  means “pulling down.” In any condition of life, the materialistic person or animal will be satisfied because his knowledge is covered by the influence of  māyā . In the lower grade or lower species of life, the development of consciousness is so poor that one cannot understand whether he is happy or distressed. This is called  āvaraṇātmikā . Even a hog, who lives by eating stool, finds himself happy, although a person in a higher mode of life sees that the hog is eating stool. How abominable that life is!
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नरकस्थोऽपि देहं वै न पुषांस्त्यक्तुमिच्छति ।
नारक्यां निर्धृतौ सत्यां देवमायाविमोहितः ॥ ५ ॥
naraka-stho 'pi deham vai na pumāmṣ tyaktum icchati nārakyām nirvṛtau satyām deva-māyā-vimohitaḥ
naraka —in hell;  sthaḥ —situated;  api —even;  deham —body;  vai —indeed;  na —not;  pumān —person;  tyaktum —to leave;  icchati —wishes;  nārakyām —hellish;  nirvṛtau —enjoyment;  satyām —when existing;  deva-māyā —by the illusory energy of  Viṣṇu ;  vimohitaḥ —deluded.
TRANSLATION
The conditioned living entity is satisfied in his own particular species of life; while deluded by the covering influence of the illusory energy, he feels little inclined to cast off his body, even when in hell, for he takes delight in hellish enjoyment.
PURPORT
It is said that once Indra, the king of heaven, was cursed by his spiritual master, Brhaspati, on account of his misbehavior, and he became a hog on this planet. After many days, when Brahmā wanted to recall him to his heavenly kingdom, Indra, in the form of a hog, forgot everything of his royal position in the heavenly kingdom, and he refused to go back. This is