Text 9] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 439

TEXT 9

srafaiaisatuet sat
matt  fabafsfaasctaz: |
a wa eT Re
waserey = aaa 19 I

kvacin nigirno jagarahina jano
navaiti kincid vipine *paviddhah

dastah sma Sete kva ca danda-Ssikair
andho ’ndha-kiipe patitas tamisre

kvacit—sometimes; nigirnah—being swallowed: ajagara-ahind—by
the great snake known as the python; janah—the conditioned soul; na—
not; avaiti—understands: kificit—anything: vipine—in the forest:
apaviddhah—pierced by arrows of suffering: dastah—being bitten:
sma—indeed; sete—lies down: kva ca—sometimes; danda-siikaih—by
other kinds of snakes: andhah—blind; andha-kiipe—in a blind well;
patitah—fallen; tamisre—in a hellish condition of life.

TRANSLATION

The conditioned soul in the material forest is sometimes
swallowed by a python or crushed. At such a time he is left lying in
the forest like a dead person, devoid of consciousness and
knowledge. Sometimes other poisonous snakes bite him. Being
blind to his consciousness, he falls down into a dark well of hellish
life with no hope of being rescued.

PURPORT

When one becomes unconscious due to being bitten by a snake. one
cannot understand what is taking place outside the body. This un-
conscious condition is the condition of deep sleep. Similarly, the con-
ditioned soul is actually sleeping on the lap of the illusory energy. Bhak-
tivinoda Thakura has sung, kata nidré yao maya-pisdcira kole: “O
living entity, how long will you sleep in this condition on the lap of the
