50 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 14

evam—in this way: adhvani—on the path of sense gratification:
avarundhdnah—being confined. he forgets the real purpose of life:
mrtyu-gaja-bhayat—out of fear of the elephant of death: tamasi—in the
darkness: giuri-kandara-praye—similar to. the dark caves in the
mountains.

TRANSLATION

In this material world, when the conditioned soul forgets his
relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and does
not care for Krsna consciousness, he simply engages in different
types of mischievous and sinful activities. He is then subjected to
the threefold miseries, and, out of fear of the elephant of death, he
falls into the darkness found in a mountain cave.

PURPORT

Everyone is afraid of death. and however strong a materialistic person
may be. when there is disease and old age one must certainly accept
death’s notice. The conditioned soul becomes very morose to receive
notice of death. His fear is compared to the fear experienced upon enter-
ing a dark mountain cave, and death is compared to a great elephant.

TEXT 34
Q cS NS
arm aefetfrasiaa = gat aft:
ox

faariseeqt areata |= ATARI
kvacic chita-vatady-aneka-daivika-bhautikatmiyanam duhkhanam
pratinivarane ’kalpo duranta-visaya-visanna Gste.

kvacit—sometimes: sita-vata-ddi—such as extreme cold or wind;
aneka—many; daivika—offered by the demigods or powers beyond our
control; bhautika—offered by other living entities; a@tmiyanam—
offered by the conditioned material body and mind; duhkhaném—the
many miseries; pratinardrane—in counteracting: akalpah—being una-
ble; duranta—insurmountable; visaya—from connection with sense
gratification; visannah—morose; aste—he remains.
