Text 1] The Forest of Enjoyment 3

spiritual advancement. His only business is getting out of the clutches of
maya, but due to improper guidance he becomes more and more en-
tangled in material dealings. This material world is simply an embarrass-
ment and is composed of tribulations presented as happiness. distress,
attachment, enmity and envy. On the whole it is simply full of tribula-
tion and misery. When a person loses his intelligence due to attachment
to wife and sex, his entire consciousness becomes polluted. He thus only
thinks of the association of women. The time factor, which is like a ser-
pent. takes away everyone's life, including that of Lord Brahma and the
insignificant ant. Sometimes the conditioned soul tries to save himself
from inexorable time and thus takes shelter of some bogus savior. Unfor-
tunately, the bogus savior cannot even save himself. How, then, can he
protect others? The bogus saviors do not care for bona fide knowledge
received from qualified bréhmanas and Vedic sources. Their only busi-
ness is indulging in sex and recommending sexual freedom even for
widows. Thus they are like monkeys in the forest. Srila Sukadeva
Gosvami thus explains the material forest and its difficult path to
Maharaja Pariksit.

TEXT 1

a Guy
q oy teraafaat aalequtatrafaqaqacseaseaAIEn-
RiatahReeaatramdamanetaraare aR
aueaTaaeiacEMsaamia sa aad
feonazafien aren dteatetsd =o ga aftreargisdaz:
aera: MIM AarTeeat Ad) arenfa
frnargrateerintedt § = afigqenmefaecagagieaa
THY 211
sa hovaca

sa esa dehatma-maninam sattvadi-guna-visesa-vikalpita-kusalaku-
Sala-samavahara-vinirmita-vividha-dehavalibhir viyoga-sarnyogady-
anadi-samsaranubhavasya dvara-bhiitena sad-indriya-vargena tasmin
durgadhvavad asugame ‘dhvany apatita isvarasya bhagavato visnor
