1434 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 29

of honey; gandha—the flavor; vat—like; ksudra-tamam—most insignificant;
kamya—desired; karma—of activities; vipadka-jam—obtained as a result;
kama-sukha— of sense gratification; lavam—a fragment; jathvya—enjoyment
of the tongue; aupasthya—sex enjoy ment; adi— beginning with; vicinvantam
—always thinking of; mithuni-bhiiya—engaging in sex life; tat—in his wife;
abhinivesita— always absorbed; manasam—whose mind; sat-anghri— of bum-
blebees; gana—of crowds; sdma—gentle; gita—the chanting; vat—like; ati—
very; manohara—attractive; vanita-ddi—beginning with the wife; jana—of
people; alapesu—to the talks; atitaram—excessively; ati—very much; pra-
lobhita—attracted; karnam—whose ears; agre—in front; urka-yiitha—a group
of tigers; vat—like; dtmanah—of one’s self; dyuh—span of life; haratah—
taking away; ahah-ratran—days and nights; tan—all of them; kadla-lava-
visesin—the moments of time; aviganayya—without considering; grhesu—
in household life; viharantam—enjoying; prsthatah—from the back; eva
—certainly ; paroksam—without being seen; anupraurttah— following behind;
lubdhakah—the hunter; krta-antah—the superintendent of death; antah-in
the heart; Sarena—by an arrow; yam—whom; tha—in this world; paravidhyati
—pierces; tam—that; imam—this; dtmdnam—yourself; aho rajan—O King;
bhinna-hrdayam—whose heart is pierced; drastum—to see; arhasi—you
ought; iti—thus.
TRANSLATION

My dear King, woman, who is very attractive in the beginning but in the
end very disturbing, is exactly like the flower, which is attractive in the
beginning and detestable at the end. With woman, the living entity is en-
tangled with lusty desires and sex. He thus enjoys a life of sense gratifica-
tion—from his tongue to his genitals—and in this way the living entity
considers himself very happy in family life. United with his wife, he always
remains absorbed in such thoughts. He feels great pleasure in hearing the
talks of his wife and children, which are like the sweet humming of bumble-
bees that collect honey from flower to flower. He forgets that before him
is time, which is taking away his life span with the passing of day and
night. He does not see the gradual diminishing of his life, nor does he care
about the superintendent of death, who is trying to kill him from behind.
Just try to understand this. You are in a precarious position and are
threatened from all sides.

PURPORT

Materialistic life means forgetting one’s constitutional position as the
eternal servant of Krsna, and this forgetfulness is especially enhanced in
the grhastha-asrama. In the grhastha-asrama a young man accepts a young
wife who is very beautiful in the beginning, but in due course of time,
