450 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 13

enjoying sex and intoxication. In this way he spoils his life simply
by indulging in sex and intoxication. Looking into the faces of
other sense gratifiers, he becomes forgetful and thus approaches

death.
PURPORT

Sometimes a foolish person becomes disgusted with bad association
and comes to the association of devotees and bradhmanas and takes initia-
tion from a spiritual master. As advised by the spiritual master, he tries
to follow the regulative principles, but due to misfortune he cannot
follow the instructions of the spiritual master. He therefore gives up the
company of devotees and goes to associate with simian people who are
simply interested in sex and intoxication. Those who are so-called
spiritualists are compared to monkeys. Outwardly. monkeys sometimes
resemble sddhus because they live naked in the forest and pick fruits,
but their only desire is to keep many female monkeys and enjoy sex life.
Sometimes so-called spiritualists seeking a spiritual life come to associate
with Krsna conscious devotees, but they cannot execute the regulative
principles or follow the path of spiritual life. Consequently they leave the
association of devotees and go to associate with sense gratifiers. who are
compared to monkeys. Again they revive their sex and intoxication, and
looking at one another's faces, they are thus satisfied. In this way they
pass their lives up to the point of death.

TEXT 18
ayy iaq aaa
saaadtat flee: a@araa |
Beramaghaest TIT
Tat Waren Tenia afaa: 2c!

drumesu ramsyan suta-dara-vatsalo
vyavaya-dino vivasah sva-bandhane

kvacit pramadad giri-kandare patan
vallim grhitva gaja-bhita asthitah

drumesu—in the trees (or in houses standing like trees in which
monkeys jump from one branch to another); ramsyan—enjoying: suta-
