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The Forest of Enjoyment
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deed, he commits abominable acts that cause him to suffer both in this life and in the next. Consequently illicit sex must be stopped by those who are spiritually inclined or who are on the path of spiritual realization. Many devotees fall down due to illicit sex. They may steal money and even fall down from the highly honored renounced order. Then for a livelihood they accept menial services and become beggars. It is therefore said in the  śāstras ,  yan maithunādi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham : materialism is based on sex, whether licit or illicit. Sex is full of dangers even for those who are addicted to household life. Whether one has a license for sex or not, there is great trouble.  Bahu-duḥkha-bhāk : after one indulges in sex, many volumes of miseries ensue. One suffers more and more in material life. A miserly person cannot properly utilize the wealth he has, and similarly a materialistic person misuses the human form. Instead of using it for spiritual emancipation, he uses the body for sense gratification. Therefore he is called a miser.
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अथ च तस्मादुभयथापि हि कर्मास्मिन्नात्मनः संसारावपनमुदाहरन्ति ॥२३॥
atha ca tasmād ubhayathāpi hi karmāsminn ātmanaḥ saṁsārāvapanam udāharanti.
atha —now;  ca —and;  tasmāt —because of this;  ubhayathā api —both in this life and in the next;  hi —undoubtedly;  karma —fruitive activities;  asmin —on this path of sense enjoyment;  ātmanaḥ —of the living entity;  saṁsāra —of material life;  āvapanam —the cultivation ground or source;  udāharanti —the authorities of the  Vedas  say.
TRANSLATION
Learned scholars and transcendentalists therefore condemn the materialistic path of fruitive activity because it is the original source and breeding ground of material miseries, both in this life and in the next.
PURPORT
Not knowing the value of life,  karmīs  create situations whereby they suffer in this life and the next. Unfortunately,  karmīs  are very attached