1344 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 31
circumstances may be such that he is not able Lo attain them, and he thus
becomes aggrieved and feels pain. In one word, he is unhappy, even in his
boyhood, just as he was unhappy in his childhood, what to speak of youth.
Boys are apt to create so many artificial demands for playing, and when
they do not attain satisfaction they become furious with anger, and the
result is suffering.
TEXT 29
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a ta aA TATA Aa |
saci Ferme ret aber aT ATCA: URS
saha dehena manena
vardhamanena manyunad
karoti vigraham kami
kamisv antaya catmanah
saha—with; dehena—the body; mainena—with false prestige; vardhamanena
—increasing; manyuna—on account of anger; karoti—he creates; vigraham—
enmity; kdmi—the lusty person; kamisu—towards other lusty people;
antaya—for destruction; ca—and; @tmanah—of his soul.
TRANSLATION
With the growth of the body, the living entity, in order to vanquish his
soul, increases his false prestige and anger and thereby creates enmity
towards similarly lusty people.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita, Third Chapter, thirty-sixth verse, Arjuna inquired
from Krsna about the cause of a living being’s lust. It is said that a living
entity is eternal and, as such, qualitatively one with the Supreme Lord.
Then what is the reason that he falls prey to the material and commits so
many sinful activities by the influence of the material energy? In reply to
this question, Lord Krsna said that it is lust which causes a living entity to
glide down from his exalted position to the abominable condition of
material existence. This lust circumstantially changes into anger. Both lust
and anger stand on the platform of the mode of passion. Lust is actually
the product of the mode of passion, and in the absence of satisfaction of
lust, the same desire transforms into anger on the platform of ignorance.
