Text 6] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 433

sound vibration of a cricket in the forest. One cannot see the cricket, but
one hears its sounds and thus becomes aggrieved. When one takes to
Krsna consciousness, one always hears unpalatable words from relatives.
This is the nature of the world; one cannot avoid mental distress due to
the backbiting of envious people. Being very much aggrieved, sometimes
one goes to a sinful person for help, but he has no means to help because
he has no intelligence. Thus the living entity is disappointed. This is like
running after a mirage in the desert in an effort to find water. Such ac-
tivities do not produce any tangible results. Due to being directed by the
illusory energy, a conditioned soul suffers in so many ways.

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kvacid vitoyah sarito *bhiyati
parasparam cdlasate nirandhah

dsadya davam kvacid agni-tapto
nirvidyate kva ca yaksair hrtdsuh

kvacit—sometimes: vitoyah—without depth to the water: saritah—
rivers; abhiyati—he goes to bathe or jumps into: parasparam—one
another: ca—and; Glasate—desires: nirandhah—being with no stock of
food: dsa@dya—experiencing: dévam—a forest fire in family life:
kvacit—sometimes: agni-taptah—burned by fire: nirvidyate—is de-
spondent: kva—somewhere: ca—and: yaksaih—by kings resembling
rogues and thieves: hrta—taken away: asuh—wealth. which is as dear as
one’s life.

TRANSLATION

Sometimes the conditioned soul jumps into a shallow river, or
being short of food grains, he goes to beg food from people who

are not at all charitable. Sometimes he suffers from the burning
