12 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 14
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UHAAMAIA AIA Tea TTatala faemnele-
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tatra gato darsa-masaka-samdpasadair manuyyath salabha-sakunta-
taskara-miisakadibhir uparudhyamdéna-bahih-pranah kvacit
parivartamano ’sminn adhvany avidya-kama-karmabhir uparakta-
manasanupapannartham nara-lokam gandharva-nagaram upapannam
iti mithya-drstir anupasyati.

tatra—to that household life: gatah—gone: damsa—gadflies:
masaka—mosquitoes: sama—equal to; apasadaih—who are low-class:
manu-jaih—by men: salabha—locusts; sakunta—a large bird of prey:
taskara—thieves: misaka-addibhih—by rats and so on:
uparudhyamana —being disturbed: bahih-pranah—the external life air
in the form of wealth and so on; kvacit—sometimes; parivartamanah—
wandering: asmin—in this; adhvani—path of material existence:
avidya-kama—by ignorance and lust: karmabhih—and by fruitive ac-
tivities: uparakta-manasa—due to the mind’s being influenced:
anupapanna-artham—in which the desired results are never obtained;
nara-lokam—this material world; gandharva-nagaram—a will-o'-the-
wisp city; upapannam—existing; iti—taking it as: mithyd-drstih—he
whose vision is mistaken: anupasyati—observes.

TRANSLATION

Sometimes the conditioned soul in household life, being at-
tached to material wealth and possessions, is disturbed by gadflies
and mosquitoes, and sometimes locusts, birds of prey and rats give
him trouble. Nonetheless, he still wanders down the path of
material existence. Due to ignorance he becomes lusty and engages
in fruitive activity. Because his mind is absorbed in these activities,
he sees the material world as permanent, although it is temporary
like a phantasmagoria, a house in the sky.
