1158 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 25

nanaranya-mrga-vratair
anabdadhe muni-vrataih

ahiitam manyate pantho
yatra kokila-kijitaih

ndnd—various; aranya—forest; mrga—animals; vrdtaih—with groups;
anabadhe—in the matter of nonviolence; muni-vrataih—like the great sages;
ahiitam—as if invited; manyate—thinks; panthah— passenger ; yatra— where;
kokila—of cuckoos; kiijitaih—by the cooing.

TRANSLATION

In such an atmosphere even the animals of the forest became nonviolent
and nonenvious like great sages. Consequently the animals did not attack
anyone. Over and above everything was the cooing of the cuckoos. Any
passenger passing along that path was invited by that atmosphere to take
rest in that nice garden.

PURPORT

A peaceful family with wife and children is compared to the peaceful
atmosphere of the forest. Children are compared to nonviolent animals.
Sometimes, however, wives and children are called svajanakhya-dasyu,
burglars in the name of kinsmen. A man earns his livelihood with hard
labor, but the result is that he is plundered by his wife and children exactly
as a person in a forest is attacked by some thieves and burglars who take
his money. Nonetheless in family life the turmoil of wife and children
appears to be like the cooing of the cuckoos in the garden of family life.
Being invited by such an atmosphere, the person who is passing through
such a blissful family life desires to have his family with him at all costs.

TEXT 20

TSUN FT Tea TATA |
WACMUITTAMNTESTATINS «URI

yadrcchayagatam tatra
dadarsa pramadottamam

bhrtyair dagabhir ayantim
ekaika-sata-nayakaih

yadrcchaya—all of a sudden, without engagement; agatam—arrived; tatra—
there; dadarsa—he saw; pramadd—one woman; uttamadm—very beautiful;
