Text 14] Prahāda Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates
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becomes almost impossible. Thus the household becomes  gṛham andha-kūpam , a dark well into which the man has fallen. For such a man to get out is extremely difficult unless he is helped by a strong person, the spiritual master, who helps the fallen person with the strong rope of spiritual instructions. A fallen person should take advantage of this rope, and then the spiritual master, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, will take him out of the dark well.
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कुटुम्बपोषाय वियन् निजायु- नं बुध्यतेऽर्थं विहतं प्रमत्तः। सर्वत्र तापत्रयदुःखितात्मा निर्विद्यते न स्वकुटुम्बरामः ॥१४॥
kuṭumba-poṣāya viyan nijāyur na budhyate 'rtham vihatam pramattaḥ sarvatra tāpa-traya-duḥkhitāmā nirvidyate na sva-kuṭumba-rāmaḥ
kuṭumba —of family members;  poṣāya —for the maintenance;  viyat —declining;  nija-āyuḥ —his lifetime;  na —not;  budhyate —understands;  artham —the interest or purpose of life;  vihatam —spoiled;  pramattaḥ —being mad in material conditions;  sarvatra —everywhere;  tāpa-traya —by the threefold miserable conditions ( adhyātmika ,  adhidaivika  and  adhibautika );  duḥkhita —being distressed;  ātmā —himself;  nirvidyate —becomes remorseful;  na —not;  sva-kuṭumba-rāmaḥ —enjoying simply by maintaining the members of the family.
TRANSLATION
One who is too attached cannot understand that he is wasting his valuable life for the maintenance of his family. He also fails to understand that the purpose of human life, a life suitable for realization of the Absolute Truth, is being imperceptibly spoiled. However, he is very cleverly attentive to seeing that not a single