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Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
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platform. He has also been described as  abhava . The word  bhava , which means “takes birth,” comes from the word  bhū , “to be.” As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (8.19),  bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate : the living entities in the material world must be repeatedly born and destroyed. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, is neither  bhūtvā  nor  pralīyate ; He is eternal. In other words, He is not obliged to take birth like human beings or animals, which repeatedly take birth and die because of ignorance of the soul. The Supreme Personality of Godhead,  Kṛṣṇa , is not subjected to such changes of body, and one who thinks otherwise is considered a fool ( avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam ). Nārada Muni advises that human beings not waste their time simply jumping like cats and monkeys, without real benefit. The duty of the human being is to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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पुमान् नैवैति यद् गत्वा बिलस्वर्ग गतो यथा। प्रत्यग्धापाविद इह किमसत्कर्ममिर्भवेत् ॥१३॥
pumān naivaiti yad gatvā bila-svargaṁ gato yathā pratyag-dhāmāvida iha kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
pumān —a human being;  na —not;  eva —indeed;  eti —comes back;  yat —to which;  gatvā —having gone;  bila-svargaṁ —to the region of the lower planetary system known as  Pātāla ;  gataḥ —gone;  yathā —like;  pratyak-dhāma —the effulgent spiritual world;  avidaḥ —of the unintelligent man;  iha —in this material world;  kim —what benefit;  asat-karmabhiḥ —with temporary fruitive activities;  bhavet —there can be.
TRANSLATION
[Nārada Muni had described that there is a bila, or hole, from which, having entered, one does not return. The  Haryaśvas  understood the meaning of this allegory.] Hardly once has a person who has entered the lower planetary system called  Pātāla