Text 28] The Movements of the Living Entities 1343
PURPORT
The word vigata-jfidnam means that the spiritual knowledge which the
child developed in the abdomen is already lost to the spell of maya. Owing
to various kinds of disturbances and to being out of the abdomen, the
child cannot remember what he was thinking of for his salvation. It is
assumed that even if a person acquires some spiritually uplifting knowledge,
circumstantially he is prone to forget it. Not only children but also elderly
persons should be very careful to protect their sense of Krsna conscious-
ness and avoid unfavorable circumstances so that they may not forget
their prime duty.
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ity evar saisavam bhuktva
duhkham paugandam eva ca
alabdhabhipsito jranad
iddha-manyuh sucarpitah
iti evam—in this way; Saisavam—childhood; bhuktvé—having undergone;
duhkham-—distress, paugandam—b oyhood; eva—even; ca—and; alabdha—not
achieved; abhipsitah—he whose desires; ajiandt—due to ignorance; iddha—
kindled; manyuh—his anger; sucd—by sorrow; arpitah—overcome.
TRANSLATION
In this way, the child passes through his childhood, suffering different
kinds of distresses, and he attains boyhood. In boyhood also he suffers
pain over desires to get things which he can never achieve. And thus, due
to ignorance, he becomes angry and sorry.
PURPORT
From birth to the end of five years of age is called childhood. After five
years up to the end of the fifteenth year is called pauganda. At sixteen
years of age, youth begins. The distresses of childhood are already
explained, but when the child attains boyhood he is enrolled in a school
which he does not like. He wants to play, but he is forced to go to school
and study and take responsibility for passing examinations. Another kind
of distress is that he wants to get some things with which to play, but
