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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 14]
evam —in this way:  adhvani —on the path of sense gratification;  avarundhānaḥ —being confined, he forgets the real purpose of life;  mṛtyu-gaja-bhayāt —out of fear of the elephant of death;  tamasi —in the darkness;  giri-kandara-prāye —similar to the dark caves in the mountains.
TRANSLATION
In this material world, when the conditioned soul forgets his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and does not care for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he simply engages in different types of mischievous and sinful activities. He is then subjected to the threefold miseries, and, out of fear of the elephant of death, he falls into the darkness found in a mountain cave.
PURPORT
Everyone is afraid of death, and however strong a materialistic person may be, when there is disease and old age one must certainly accept death's notice. The conditioned soul becomes very morose to receive notice of death. His fear is compared to the fear experienced upon entering a dark mountain cave, and death is compared to a great elephant.
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क्वचिच्छीतवाता धनेकदैविकभौतिकात्मीयानां दुःखानां प्रति- निवारणेऽकल्पो दुरन्तविषयविषण्ण आस्ते ॥३४॥
kvacic chīta-vātādy-aneka-daivika-bhautikātmīyānām duḥkhānām pratinivāraṇe 'kalpo duranta-viṣaya-viṣaṇṇa āste.
kvacit —sometimes;  śīta-vāta-ādi —such as extreme cold or wind;  aneka —many;  daivika —offered by the demigods or powers beyond our control;  bhautika —offered by other living entities;  ātmīyānām —offered by the conditioned material body and mind;  duḥkhānām —the many miseries;  pratinarāraṇe —in counteracting;  akalpaḥ —being unable;  duranta —insurmountable;  viṣaya —from connection with sense gratification;  viṣaṇṇaḥ —morose;  āste —he remains.