402 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 12

dagdhasya—of one scorched by the heat of the sun; yatha—just as;
hima-ambhah—very cold water: ku-deha—in this body made of matter
and full of dirty things such as stool and urine; m@éna—of pride: ahi—
by the serpent; vidasta—bitten; drsteh—of one whose vision: brah-
man—O best of the bradhmanas; vacah—words: te—your; amrtam—
nectar; ausadham—medicine: me—for me.

TRANSLATION

O best of the brahmanas, my body is filled with dirty things, and
my vision has been bitten by the serpent of pride. Due to my
material conceptions, I am diseased. Your nectarean instructions
are the proper medicine for one suffering from such a fever, and
they are cooling waters for one scorched by the heat.

PURPORT
The conditioned soul has a body full of dirty things—bones, blood,

urine, stool and so forth. Nonetheless, the most intelligent men in this
material world think they are these combinations of blood, bone, urine
and stool. If this is so, why can’t other intelligent men be made with
these ingredients, which are so readily available? The entire world is
going on under the bodily conception and creating a hellish condition un-
fit for any gentleman’s living. The instructions given to King Rahagana
by Jada Bharata are very valuable. They are like the medicine that can
save one from a snakebite. The Vedic instructions are like nectar and cool
water for one suffering from scorching heat.

TEXT 3
qed =oaa aT
Tea TNT Bara |
AIA =| Tah

arene ataeetaa a 31

tasmad bhavantam mama samsayartham
praksyami pascad adhunad subodham
