1348 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 31

PURPORT

It has been explained that the conditioned soul is put into the Andha-
tamisra and Tamisra hellish conditions, and after suffering there he gets a
hellish body like the dog’s or hog’s. After several such births, he again
comes into the form of a human being. How the human being is born is
also described by Kapiladeva. The human being develops in the mother’s
abdomen and suffers there and comes out again. After all these sufferings,
if he gets another chance in a human body and wastes his valuable time in
the association of persons who are concerned with sexual life and palatable
dishes, then naturally he again glides down to the same Andha-tamisra and
Tamisra hells.

Generally, people are concerned with the satisfaction of the tongue and
the satisfaction of the genitals. That is material life. Material life means eat,
drink, be merry and enjoy, with no concern for understanding one’s spiritual
identity and the process of spiritual advancement. Since materialistic people
are concerned with the tongue, belly and genitals, if anyone wants to advance
in spiritual life he must be very careful about associating with such people.
To associate with such materialistic men is to commit purposeful suicide in
the human form of life. It is said, therefore, that an intelligent man should
give up such undesirable association and should always mix with saintly
persons. When he is in association with saintly persons, all his doubts about
the spiritual expansion of life are eradicated, and he makes tangible progress
on the path of spiritual understanding. It is also sometimes found that
people are very much addicted to a particular type of religious faith.
Hindus, Muslims and Christians are faithful in their particular type of
religion, and they go to the church, temple or mosque, but unfortunately
they cannot give up the association of persons who are too much addicted
to sex life and satisfaction of the palate. Here it is clearly said that one may
officially be a very religious man, but if he associates with such persons,
then he is sure to slide down to the darkest region of hell.

TEXT 33

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