Text 90] The Process of Devotional Service 377

na tathdsya bhaven moho
bandhas canya-prasangatah

yosit-sangad yatha purnso
yathd tat-sarigi-sarigatah

SYNONYMS

satyam—truthfulness; saucam—cleanliness; daya—mercy; maunam—silence;
buddhih—intelligence; hrih—modesty; srih—beauty; yasah—fame; ksama—
forgiveness; samah—controlling the mind; damah—controlling the senses;
bhagah—opulence; ca—and; iti—thus; yat—of whom; sanigat—by the asso-
ciation; yaéti—goes to; saiksayam—complete destruction; tesu—among them;
asantesu—who are restless; muidhesu—among the fools; khandita-atmasu—
whose self-realization is spoiled; asadhusu—not saintly; sarigam—association;
na—not; kuryat—should do; socyesu—who are full of lamentation; yosit—of
women; krida-mrgesu—who are like toy animals; ca—also; na—not; tatha—so
much; asya—of him; bhavet—there may be; mohah—illusion; bandhah—
binding; ca—and; anya—other types; prasarigatah—from association; yosit-
sangat—by association with women; yathd—as; purnsah—of the man; yatha—as
well as; tat-sarigi-sangatah—by association with persons attached to women.

TRANSLATION

““ ‘By association with worldly people, one becomes devoid of truthfulness,
cleanliness, mercy, gravity, spiritual intelligence, shyness, austerity, fame,
forgiveness, control of the mind, control of the senses, fortune and all oppor-
tunities. One should not at any time associate with a coarse fool who is bereft
of the knowledge of self-realization and who is no more than a toy animal in
the hands of a woman. The illusion and bondage that accrue to a man from
attachment to any other object are not as complete as that resulting from asso-
ciation with a woman or with men too attached to women.’

PURPORT

These verses, quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.31.33-35), were spoken by
Kapiladeva, an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to His mother.
Herein Kapiladeva discusses pious and impious activities and the symptoms of
those who are devoid of devotional service to Krsna. Generally people do not
know about the miserable conditions within the womb of a mother in any species
of life. Due to bad association, one gradually falls into lower species. Association
with women is greatly stressed in this regard. When one becomes attached to
women or to those who are attached to women, one falls down into the lower
species.
