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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 13]
TEXT 5
अदृश्यस्त्रिल्लीस्वनकर्णशूल 
  उल्लक्ष्मवाग्भिर्व्यथितान्तरात्मा 
  अपुण्यवृक्षान् अयते क्षुधार्दितो 
  मरीचितोयान्यभिधावति क्वचित् ॥ ५ ॥
adṛśya-jhillī-svana-karṇa-śūla 
  ulūka-vāgbhir vyathitāntarātmā 
  apuṇya-vṛkṣān śrayate kṣudhārdito 
  marīci-toyāny abhidhāvati kvacit
adṛśya —invisible;  jhillī —of crickets or a kind of bee;  svana —by the sounds;  karṇa-śūla —whose ears are disturbed;  ulūka —of the owls;  vāgbhiḥ —by sound vibrations;  vyathita —very disturbed;  antaḥ-ātmā —whose mind and heart;  apuṇya-vṛkṣān —impious trees that have no fruits or flowers;  śrayate —he takes shelter of;  kṣudha —from hunger;  arditaḥ —suffering;  marīci-toyāni —the waters of a mirage in the desert;  abhidhāvati —he runs after;  kvacit —sometimes.
TRANSLATION
Wandering in the forest of the material world, the conditioned soul sometimes hears an invisible cricket making harsh sounds, and his ears become very much aggrieved. Sometimes his heart is pained by the sounds of owls, which are just like the harsh words of his enemies. Sometimes he takes shelter of a tree that has no fruits or flowers. He approaches such a tree due to his strong appetite, and thus he suffers. He would like to acquire water, but he is simply illusioned by a mirage, and he runs after it.
PURPORT
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said that the  Bhāgavata  philosophy is meant for people who are completely free from envy ( paramo nirmat-sarāṇām ). The material world is full of envious people. Even within one's inner circle there is much backbiting, and this is compared to the