Text 5] Description of Adverse Fruitive Activities 1285

lower grade man is satisfied in that position because of the spell of maya,
the external energy. Maya has two phases of activities. One is called
praksepdtmika, and another is called dvarandtmikd. Avarandtmikd means
“covering,” and praksepatmika means “pulling down.” In any condition
of life, the materialistic person or animal will be satisfied because his
knowledge is covered by the influence of maya. In the lower grade or
lower species of life, the development of consciousness is so poor that
one cannot understand whether he is happy or distressed. This is called
avaranatmika. Even a hog, who lives by eating stool, finds himself happy,
although a person in a higher mode of life sees that the hog is eating stool.
How abominable that life is!

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naraka-stho ’pi deharn vai
na pumams tyaktum icchati
narakyam nirvrtau satyam
deva-maya-vimohitah

naraka—in hell; sthah—situated; api—even; deham—body; vai—indeed;
na—not; puman—person; tyaktum—to leave; icchati—wishes; narakyam—
hellish; nirvrtau—enjoyment; satyam—when existing; deva-maya—by the
illusory energy of Visnu; vimohitah—deluded.

TRANSLATION

The conditioned living entity is satisfied in his own particular species of
life; while deluded by the covering influence of the illusory energy, he feels
little inclined to cast off his body, even when in hell, for he takes delight
in hellish enjoyment.

PURPORT

It is said that once Indra, the king of heaven, was cursed by his spiritual
master, Brhaspati, on account of his misbehavior, and he became a hog on
this planet. After many days, when Brahma wanted to recall him to his
heavenly kingdom, Indra, in the form of a hog, forgot everything of his
royal position in the heavenly kingdom, and he refused to go back. This is
