432 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 13
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aeMAATHNTS
Sea TeH fea TTA
WII AId gna
Tora BP UY I
adrsya-jhilli-svana-karna-siila
uliika-vagbhir vyathitantaratma
apunya-vrksan srayate ksudhardito
marici-toyany abhidhavati kvacit
adrsya—invisible; jhilli—of crickets or a kind of bee; svana—by the
sounds: karna-sila—whose ears are disturbed; ulika—of the owls;
vagbhih—by sound vibrations; vyathita—very disturbed; antah-
Gtma —whose mind and heart; apunya-vrksdn—impious trees that have
no fruits or flowers; srayate—he takes shelter of: ksudha—from
hunger: arditah—suffering: marici-toyani—the waters of a mirage in
the desert: abhidhdvati—he runs after; kvacit—sometimes.
TRANSLATION
Wandering in the forest of the material world, the conditioned
soul sometimes hears an invisible cricket making harsh sounds,
and his ears become very much aggrieved. Sometimes his heart is
pained by the sounds of owls, which are just like the harsh words
of his enemies. Sometimes he takes shelter of a tree that has no
fruits or flowers. He approaches such a tree due to his strong ap-
petite, and thus he suffers. He would like to acquire water, but he
is simply illusioned by a mirage, and he runs after it.
PURPORT
In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that the Bhagavata philosophy is
meant for people who are completely free from envy (paramo nirmat-
saranadm). The material world is full of envious people. Even within
one's inner circle there is much backbiting, and this is compared to the
