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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 14]
vaśa-vartinyā māyayā jīva-loko 'yaṁ yathā vaṇik-sārtho 'rtha-paraḥ sva-deha-niṣpādita-karmānubhavaḥ śmaśānavad aśivatamāyāṁ saṁsārāṭavyāṁ gato nādyāpi viphala-bahu-pratiyogehas tat- tāpopaśamanīṁ hari-guru-caraṇāravinda-madhukarānupadavīm avarundhe.
saḥ —the self-realized devotee (Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī);  ha —indeed;  uvāca —spoke;  saḥ —he (the conditioned soul);  eṣaḥ —this one;  deha-ātma-māninām —of those who foolishly take the body to be the self;  sat-tva-ādi —of  sattva ,  rajaḥ  and  tamaḥ ;  guṇa —by the modes;  viśeṣa —particular;  vikalpita —falsely constituted;  kuśala —sometimes by favorable actions;  akuśala —sometimes by very unfavorable actions;  samavahāra —by a mixture of both;  vinirmita —obtained;  vividha —various types;  deha-āvalibhiḥ —by the series of bodies;  viyoga-saṁyoga-ādi —symptomized by giving up one type of body ( viyoga ) and accepting another ( saṁyoga );  anādi-saṁsāra-anubhavasya —of the perception of the beginningless process of transmigration;  dvāra-bhūtena —existing as the doorways;  ṣaṭ-indriya-vargeṇa —by these six senses (the mind and five knowledge-acquiring senses, namely the eyes, ears, tongue, nose and skin);  tasmin —on that;  durga-adhva-vat —like a path that is very difficult to traverse;  asugame —being difficult to pass through;  adhvani —on a path in the forest;  āpatitaḥ —happened;  īśvarasya —of the controller;  bhagavataḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  viṣṇoḥ —of Lord Viṣṇu;  vaśa-vartinyā —acting under the control;  māyayā —by the material energy;  jīva-lokaḥ —the conditioned living entity;  ayam —this;  yathā —exactly like;  vaṇik —a merchant;  sa-arthaḥ —having an object;  artha-paraḥ —who is very attached to money;  sva-deha-niṣpādita —performed by his own body;  karma —the fruits of activities;  anubhavaḥ —who experiences;  śmaśāna-vat-aśivatamāyām —like an inauspicious cemetery or place of burial;  saṁ-sāra-aṭavyām —in the forest of material life;  gataḥ —having entered;  na —not;  adya api —until now;  viphala —unsuccessful;  bahu-pra-tiyoga —full of great difficulties and varieties of miserable conditions;  īhaḥ —whose activities here in this material world;  tat-tāpa-upaśa-manīm —which pacifies the miseries of the forest of material life;  hari-guru-caraṇa-aravinda —to the lotus feet of the Lord and His devotee;