Text 33] The Forest of Enjoyment 49
after another, either in animal life, human life or demigod life): yatha—
exactly as; vanarah—the monkey: suta-dara-vatsalah—very affec-
tionate to the children and wife: vyavaya-ksanah—whose leisure time is
spent in sex pleasure.
TRANSLATION

Just as a monkey jumps from one tree to another, the condi-
tioned soul jumps from one body to another. As the monkey is
ultimately captured by the hunter and is unable to get out of cap-
tivity, the conditioned soul, being captivated by momentary sex
pleasure, becomes attached to different types of bodies and is en-
caged in family life. Family life affords the conditioned soul a
festival of momentary sex pleasure, and thus he is completely una-
ble to get out of the material clutches.

PURPORT

As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.9.29): visayah khalu sarvatah
syat. Bodily necessities —eating. sleeping. mating and defending —are all
very easily available in any form of life. It is stated here that the vanara
(monkey) is very much attracted to sex. Each monkey keeps at least two
dozen wives, and he jumps from one tree to another to capture the
female monkeys. Thus he immediately engages in sexual intercourse. In
this way the monkey's business is to jump from one tree to another and
enjoy sex with his wives. The conditioned soul is doing the same thing.
transmigrating from one body to another and engaging in sex. He thus
completely forgets how to become free from the clutches of material en-
cagement. Sometimes the monkey is captured by a hunter. who sells its
body to doctors so that its glands can be removed for the benefit of
another monkey. All this is going on in the name of economic develop-
ment and improved sex life.

TEXT 33

mate axa faecal 33 Il

evam adhvany avarundhano mrtyu-gaja-bhayat tamasi giri-kandara-
praye.
