Text 32] The Movements of the Living Entities 1347
and the land from which his body is born as worshipable. In this way he
performs all sorts of misconceived activities, which lead to his perpetual
bondage in repetition of birth and death in various species.

In modern civilization, the so-called social, national and government
leaders mislead people more and more, under the bodily conception of life,
with the result that all the leaders, with their followers, are gliding down
to hellish conditions birth after birth. An example is given in Srimad-
Bhagavatam. Andha yathandhair upaniyamanah: when a blind man leads
several other blind men, the result is that all of them fall down in a ditch.
This is actually happening. There are many leaders to lead the ignorant
public, but because every one of them is bewildered by the bodily concep-
tion of life, there is no peace and prosperity in human society. So-called
yogis who perform various bodily feats are also in the same category as
such ignorant people because the hatha-yoga system is especially recom-
mended for persons who are grossly implicated in the bodily conception.
The conclusion is that as long as one is fixed in the bodily conception, he
has to suffer birth and death.

TEXT 32
qeafx: Wf ga: Rpatacaata: |
fered Tt sega Fae tag Uz
yady asadbhih pathi punah
sisnodara-krtodyamaih
asthito ramate jantus
tamo visati piirvavat

yadi—if; asadbhih—with the unrighteous; pathi—on the path; punah—
again; sisna—for the genital; udara—for the stomach; krta—done; udyamaih—
whose endeavors; Gsthitah—associating; ramate—enjoys; jantuh—the living
entity; tamah—darkness; vigati—enters; piirva-vat—as before.

TRANSLATION

If, therefore, the living entity again associates with the path of
unrighteousness, influenced by sensually-minded people engaged in the
pursuit of sexual enjoyment and the gratification of the palate, he again
goes to hell as before.
