Text 8] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 437
calan kvacit kantaka-sarkaranghrir
nagaruruksur vimana ivaste
pade pade *bhyantara-vahninarditah
kautumbikah krudhyati vai janaya

calan—wandering; kvacit—sometimes: kantaka-sarkara—pierced by
thorns and small stones; aryghrih—whose feet; naga—the hills: @ruruk-
suh—one desiring to climb; virmanaéh—disappointed: iva—like; dste—
becomes; pade pade—step by step: abhyantara—within the abdomen:
vahnind—by the strong fire of appetite: arditah—being fatigued and ag-
grieved: kautumbikah—a person living with his family members:
krudhyati—becomes angry: vai—certainly; jandya—at the family
members.

TRANSLATION

Sometimes the merchant in the forest wants to climb the hills
and mountains, but due to insufficient footwear, his feet are
pricked by small stone fragments and by thorns on the mountain.
Being pricked by them, he becomes very aggrieved. Sometimes a
person who is very attached to his family becomes overwhelmed
with hunger, and due to his miserable condition he becomes
furious with his family members.

PURPORT

The ambitious conditioned soul wants to be very happy in this material
world with his family, but he is compared to a traveler in the forest who
desires to climb a hill full of thorns and small stones. As stated in the
previous verse, the happiness derived from society. friendship and love
is like a drop of water in the scorching heat of the desert. One may want
to become very great and powerful in society. but this is like attempting
to climb a hill full of thorns. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura com-
pares one’s family to high mountains. Becoming happy in their associ-
ation is like a hungry man’s endeavoring to climb a mountain full of
thorns. Almost 99.9 percent of the population is unhappy in family life.
despite all the attempts being made to satisfy the family members. In the
Western countries, due to the dissatisfaction of the family members.
