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Indra Offends Brhaspati
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TEXT 14
तेषां कुपशदेष्टृणां पततां तमसि ह्यधः । ये श्रद्ध्युर्वचस्ते वै मज्जन्त्यश्मप्रुवा इव ॥१४॥
teṣām kupatha-deṣṭīṇām patatām tamasi hy adhaḥ ye śraddadhyur vacas te vai majjanty aśma-plavā iva
teṣām —of them (the misleaders);  ku-patha-deṣṭīṇām —who show the path of danger;  patatām —themselves falling;  tamasi —in darkness;  hi —indeed;  adhaḥ —down;  ye —anyone who;  śraddadhyuḥ —place faith in;  vacaḥ —the words;  te —they;  vai —indeed;  majjanti —sink;  aśma-plavāḥ —boats made of stone;  iva —like.
TRANSLATION
Leaders who have fallen into ignorance and who mislead people by directing them to the path of destruction [as described in the previous verse] are, in effect, boarding a stone boat, and so too are those who blindly follow them. A stone boat would be unable to float and would sink in the water with its passengers. Similarly, those who mislead people go to hell, and their followers go with them.
PURPORT
As stated in the Vedic literature ( Bhāg.  11.20.17):
nṛ-deham ādyam sulabham sudurlabham plavam sukalpam guru-karṇa-dhāram
We, the conditioned souls, have fallen in the ocean of nescience, but the human body fortunately provides us a good opportunity to cross the ocean because the human body is like a very good boat. When directed by a spiritual master acting as the captain, the boat can very easily cross the ocean. Furthermore, the boat is helped across by favorable winds, which are the instructions of Vedic knowledge. If one does not take advantage