7 In the rainy season some of

the roads are not frequently
used and become covered with long
grasses, on account of which it be-
comes very difficult to see the road.
Similarly, in this age the transcenden-
tal scriptures are not properly studied
by the brahmanas. Being covered by
the effects of time, the scriptures are
practically lost, and it becomes very
difficult to understand or follow them.

A covered road is exactly like a brahmana who Is
not accustomed to studying and practicing the re-
formatory practices of Vedic injunctions — he be-
comes covered with the long grasses of illusion. In
that condition, forgetful of his constitutional nature,
he forgets his position of eternal servitorship to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By being
deviated by the seasonal overgrowth of long
grasses created by maya, a person identifies him-
self with illusory productions of nature and suc-
cumbs to illusion, forgetting his spiritual life.m=

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