Text 17] Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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herons and vultures. Thus he is cheated both ways by not taking shelter of the Supreme Lord.
TEXT 17
तैर्वश्चितो हंसकुलं समाविश-
अरोचयन् शीलमुपैति वानरान् ।
तज्जातिरासेन सुनिर्वृतेन्द्रियः
परस्परोद्वीक्षणविस्मृतावधिः ॥१७॥
tair vañcito hamsa-kulam samāviśann
arocayan śilam upaiti vānarān
taj-jāti-rāsena sunirvṛtendriyaḥ
parasparodvīkṣaṇa-vismṛtāvadhiḥ
taiḥ —by them (the cheaters and pretenders, the so-called  yogīs ,  svāmīs , incarnations and  gurus );  vañcitaḥ —being cheated;  hamsa-kulam —the association of great  paramahamsas , or devotees;  samāviśan —contacting;  arocayan —not being satisfied with;  śilam —their behavior;  upaiti —approaches;  vānarān —the monkeys, which are all debauchees with no good character;  tat-jāti-rāsena —by sense gratification in the association of such debauchees;  sunirvṛta-indriyaḥ —being very satisfied with getting the opportunity of sense gratification;  paraspara —of one another;  udvīkṣaṇa —by seeing the faces;  vismṛta —who has forgotten;  avadhiḥ —the end of life.
TRANSLATION
Being cheated by them, the living entity in the forest of the material world tries to give up the association of these so-called  yogīs ,  svāmīs  and incarnations and come to the association of real devotees, but due to misfortune he cannot follow the instructions of the spiritual master or advanced devotees; therefore he gives up their company and again returns to the association of monkeys who are simply interested in sense gratification and women. He derives satisfaction by associating with sense gratifiers and