1320 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 31

PURPORT

If a grown-up man were put into such a condition as the child within
the abdomen, completely entangled in all respects, it would be impossible
for him to live even for a few seconds. Unfortunately, we forget all these
sufferings and try to be happy in this life, not caring for the liberation of
the soul from the entanglement of birth and death. It is an unfortunate
civilization in which these matters are not plainly discussed to make
people understand the precarious condition of material existence.

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THT ARAM WHT A THe |
TA TITIAN THI AT |
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akalpah svanga-cestayam
Sakunta iva paiijare

tatra labdha-smrtir daivat
karma janma-satodbhavam

smaran dirgham anucchvasari
Sarma kim nama vindate

akalpah—unable; sva-anga—his limbs; cestayam—to move; sakuntah—
a bird; iva—like; pafijare—in a cage; tatra—there; labdha-smrtih—having
gained his memory; daivat—by fortune; karma—activities; janma-sata-
udbhavam—occurring during the last hundred births; smaran—remembering;
dirgham—for a long time; anucchvasam—sighing; sarma—peace of mind;
kim—what; ndma—then; vindate—can he achieve.

TRANSLATION

The child thus remains just like a bird in a cage, without freedom of
movement. At that time, if the child is fortunate, he can remember all the
troubles of his past one hundred births, and he grieves wretchedly. What is
the possibility of peace of mind in that condition?

PURPORT

After birth the child may forget about the difficulties of his past lives,
but when we are grown up we can at least understand the grievous tortures
