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The Forest of Enjoyment
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others unfairly. When he cannot get the things he wants, he simply receives insults from others and thus becomes very morose.
PURPORT
It is said that necessity knows no law. When the conditioned soul needs money to acquire life's bare necessities, he adopts any means. He begs, borrows or steals. Instead of receiving these things, he is insulted and chastised. Unless one is very well organized, one cannot accumulate riches by unfair means. Even if one acquires riches by unfair means, he cannot avoid punishment and insult from the government or the general populace. There are many instances of important people's embezzling money, getting caught and being put in prison. One may be able to avoid the punishment of prison, but one cannot avoid the punishment of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who works through the agency of material nature. This is described in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.14):  daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā . Nature is very cruel. She does not excuse anyone. When people do not care for nature, they commit all kinds of sinful activities, and consequently they have to suffer.
TEXT 37
एवं विचन्यतिषङ्गविवृद्धवैरानुबन्धोऽपि पूर्ववासनया मिथ उद्धहत्यथा- पवहति ॥३७॥
evam vitta-vyatiṣaṅga-vivṛddha-vairānubandho 'pi pūrva-vāsanayā mitha udvahaty athāpavahati.
evam —in this way;  vitta-vyatiṣaṅga —because of monetary transactions;  vivṛddha —increased;  vaira-anubandhaḥ —having relationships of enmity;  api —although;  pūrva-vāsanayā —by the fructifying results of previous impious activities;  mithaḥ —with each other;  udvahati —become united by means of the marriage of sons and daughters;  atha —thereafter;  apavahati —they give up the marriage or get a divorce.
TRANSLATION
Although people may be enemies, in order to fulfill their desires again and again, they sometimes get married. Unfortunately, these