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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 13]
enjoying sex and intoxication. In this way he spoils his life simply by indulging in sex and intoxication. Looking into the faces of other sense gratifiers, he becomes forgetful and thus approaches death.
PURPORT
Sometimes a foolish person becomes disgusted with bad association and comes to the association of devotees and  brāhmaṇas  and takes initiation from a spiritual master. As advised by the spiritual master, he tries to follow the regulative principles, but due to misfortune he cannot follow the instructions of the spiritual master. He therefore gives up the company of devotees and goes to associate with simian people who are simply interested in sex and intoxication. Those who are so-called spiritualists are compared to monkeys. Outwardly, monkeys sometimes resemble  sādhus  because they live naked in the forest and pick fruits, but their only desire is to keep many female monkeys and enjoy sex life. Sometimes so-called spiritualists seeking a spiritual life come to associate with  Kṛṣṇa  conscious devotees, but they cannot execute the regulative principles or follow the path of spiritual life. Consequently they leave the association of devotees and go to associate with sense gratifiers, who are compared to monkeys. Again they revive their sex and intoxication, and looking at one another's faces, they are thus satisfied. In this way they pass their lives up to the point of death.
TEXT 18
दुमेषु रंसन् सुतदारवत्सलो
व्यवायदीनो विवशः स्वबन्धने ।
क्वचित्प्रमादाद्विरिक्तदरे पतन्
वल्लीं गृहीत्वा गजभीत आस्थितः ॥१८॥
drumeṣu raṁsyan suta-dāra-vatsalo
vyavāya-dīno vivaśaḥ sva-bandhane
kvacit pramādād giri-kandare patan
vallīṁ gṛhītvā gaja-bhīta āsthitaḥ
drumeṣu —in the trees (or in houses standing like trees in which monkeys jump from one branch to another);  raṁsyan —enjoying;  suta-