430 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 13

PURPORT

The material household is actually a hole of fruitive activity. To earn a
livelihood. one engages in different industries and trades, and sometimes
one performs great sacrifices to go to higher planetary systems. Apart
from this, at least everyone is engaged in earning a livelihood in some
profession or occupation. In these dealings, one has to meet many un-
desirable people, and their behavior is compared to the biting of mos-
quitoes. This creates very undesirable conditions. Even in the midst of
these disturbances. one imagines that he is going to construct a grand
house and live there permanently, although he knows that he cannot.
Gold is compared to a quickly fleeting fiend, which appears like a meteor
in the sky. It displays itself for a moment and is then gone. Generally
karmis are attracted to gold or money, but these are compared herein to
ghosts and witches.

TEXT 4

faarearaafamenats-

aM Tas At ALITY |
wt aedibrarienen

fant a sala waa |e I

nivdsa-toya-dravinatma-buddhis
tatas tato dhavati bho atavyam

kvacic ca vatyotthita-pamsu-dhimra
diso na janati rajas-valaksah

nivdsa—residential place: toya—water: dravina—wealth: atma-bud-
dhih—who considers these material things the dtma, or self; tatah
tatah—here and there: dhdvati—he runs; bhoh—O King; atavyam—on
that forest path of material existence: kvacit ca—and sometimes:
vatya—by the whirlwind:  utthita—raised: pamsu—by dust;
dhimrah—appear smoke-colored: disah—the directions; na—not:
janati—knows: rajah-vala-aksah—whose eyes are covered by the dust
of the wind or who is captivated by his wife during her menstrual period.
