Text 21] The Forest of Enjoyment 31

PURPORT

Material life means being fully absorbed in eating. sleeping. mating
and defending. Out of these, sleep is taken very seriously. While asleep.
one completely forgets the object of life and what to do. For spiritual
realization, one should try to avoid sleep as much as possible. The
Gosvamis of Vrndavana practically did not sleep at all. Of course. they
slept some, for the body requires sleep. but they slept only about two
hours, and sometimes not even that. They always engaged in spiritual
cultivation. Nidrahara-vihdrakadi-vijitau. Following in the footsteps of
the Gosvamis, we should try to reduce sleeping, eating, mating and

defending.

TEXT 21

TAAATAAE «= Fae MaCeeafaram = satya.
PCCIGRIPCIMICRICIRE ERIC ie) car

kadacid bhagna-mana-damstro durjana-danda-sitkair alabdha-
nidra-ksano vyathita-hrdayenanuksiyamana-vinano ‘ndha-kiipe
’ndhavat patati.

kadacit—sometimes: bhagna-maéna-damstrah—whose teeth of pride
are broken: durjana-danda-siikaih—by the envious activities of evil
men. who are compared to a kind of serpent; alabdha-nidra-ksanah —
who does not get an opportunity to sleep: vyathita~hrdayena—by a dis-
turbed mind; anuksiyamana—gradually being decreased: vijidnah—
whose real consciousness; andha-kipe—in a blind well: andha-vat—
like illusion; patati—he falls down.

TRANSLATION

In the forest of the material world, the conditioned soul is some-
times bitten by envious enemies, which are compared to serpents
and other creatures. Through the tricks of the enemy, the condi-
tioned soul falls from his prestigious position. Being anxious, he
cannot even sleep properly. He thus becomes more and more

unhappy, and he_ gradually loses his intelligence and
