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The Forest of Enjoyment
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spiritual advancement. His only business is getting out of the clutches of  māyā , but due to improper guidance he becomes more and more entangled in material dealings. This material world is simply an embarrassment and is composed of tribulations presented as happiness, distress, attachment, enmity and envy. On the whole it is simply full of tribulation and misery. When a person loses his intelligence due to attachment to wife and sex, his entire consciousness becomes polluted. He thus only thinks of the association of women. The time factor, which is like a serpent, takes away everyone's life, including that of Lord Brahmā and the insignificant ant. Sometimes the conditioned soul tries to save himself from inexorable time and thus takes shelter of some bogus savior. Unfortunately, the bogus savior cannot even save himself. How, then, can he protect others? The bogus saviors do not care for bona fide knowledge received from qualified  brāhmaṇas  and Vedic sources. Their only business is indulging in sex and recommending sexual freedom even for widows. Thus they are like monkeys in the forest. Śrila Śukadeva Gosvāmī thus explains the material forest and its difficult path to Mahārāja Parikṣit.
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स होवाच
य एष देहात्ममानिनां सच्चादिगुणविशेषविकल्पितकुशलाकुशलसमवहार- विनिर्मितविविधदेहावतिभिर्वियोगसंयोगाद्यनादिसंसारानुभवस्य द्वार- भूतेनषडिन्द्रियवर्गेण तस्मिन्दुर्गाध्ववदसुगमेऽध्वन्यापतित ईश्वरस्य भगवतो विष्णोर्वशवर्तिन्या मायया जीवलोकोऽयं यथा वणिक्सार्थोऽर्थपरः स्वदेहनिष्पादितकर्मानुभवः श्मशानवदशिवतमायां संसाराट्यां गतो नाद्यापि विफलवहुप्रतियोगेहस्तत्तापोपशमनीं हरिगुरुचरणारविन्दमधुकरानुपदवीम वरुध्ये ॥१॥
sa hovāca
sa eṣa dehātma-māninām sattvādi-guṇa-viśeṣa-vikalpita-kuśalāku- śala-samavahāra-vinirmita-vividha-dehāvalibhir viyoga-samyogādy- anādi-samsārānubhavasya dvāra-bhūtena ṣad-indriya-vargeṇa tasmin durgādhvavad asugame 'dhvany āpatita īśvarasya bhagavato viṣṇor