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Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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sound vibration of a cricket in the forest. One cannot see the cricket, but one hears its sounds and thus becomes aggrieved. When one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one always hears unpalatable words from relatives. This is the nature of the world; one cannot avoid mental distress due to the backbiting of envious people. Being very much aggrieved, sometimes one goes to a sinful person for help, but he has no means to help because he has no intelligence. Thus the living entity is disappointed. This is like running after a mirage in the desert in an effort to find water. Such activities do not produce any tangible results. Due to being directed by the illusory energy, a conditioned soul suffers in so many ways.
TEXT 6
कचिद्वितोयाः सरितोऽभियाति 
  परस्परं चालषते निरन्धः । 
  आसाद्य दावं कचिदग्नितप्तो 
  निर्विद्यते क च यक्षैर्हृतासुः ॥ ६ ॥
kvacid vitoyāḥ sarito 'bhiyāti 
  parasparam cālaṣate nirandhaḥ 
  āsādya dāvam kvacid agni-tapto 
  nirvidyate kva ca yakṣair hṛtāsuḥ
kvacit—sometimes; vitoyāḥ—without depth to the water; saritaḥ—rivers; abhiyāti—he goes to bathe or jumps into; parasparam—one another; ca—and; ālaṣate—desires; nirandhaḥ—being with no stock of food; āsādya—experiencing; dāvam—a forest fire in family life; kvacit—sometimes; agni-taptaḥ—burned by fire; nirvidyate—is despondent; kva—somewhere; ca—and; yakṣaiḥ—by kings resembling rogues and thieves; hṛta—taken away; asuḥ—wealth. which is as dear as one's life.
TRANSLATION
Sometimes the conditioned soul jumps into a shallow river, or being short of food grains, he goes to beg food from people who are not at all charitable. Sometimes he suffers from the burning