54. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 14
marriages do not last very long, and the people involved are sepa-
rated again by divorce or other means.
PURPORT
As stated previously, every conditioned soul has the propensity to
cheat, even in marriage. Everywhere in this material world, one condi-
tioned soul is envious of another. For the time being, people may remain
friends, but eventually they become enemies again and fight over money.
Sometimes they marry and then separate by divorce or other means. On
the whole, unity is never permanent. Due to the cheating propensity,
both parties always remain envious. Even in Krsna. consciousness,
separation and enmity take place due to the prominence of material
propensities.
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wdiaq daa aes acer aT
Tag ca ae TTT TYTT
farafaraqarcq «= - dea TTAaATA: aIyalsat Aaa SeIfa
AT AST TT AAT AMET; THETIC AT RCI
etasmin samsaradhvani nana-klesopasarga-badhita Gpanna-vipanno
yatra yas tam u ha vavetaras tatra visrjya jatam jatam upddaya socan
muhyan bibhyad-vivadan krandan samhrsyan gayan nahyamanah
sddhu-varjito naivavartate ‘dyapi yata arabdha esa nara-loka-sartho
yam adhvanah param upadisanti.
etasmin—on this; sariséra—of miserable conditions; adhvani—path;
nana—various; klesa—by miseries; upasarga—by the troubles of
material existence; badhitah—disturbed; adpanna—sometimes having
gained; vipannah—sometimes having lost; yatra—in which; yah—
who; tam—him; u ha vdva—or; itarah—someone else; tatra—
thereupon; visryya—giving up; jatam jatam—newly born; upddaya—
accepting; sSocan—lamenting; muhyan—being illusioned; bibhyat—
fearing; vivadan—sometimes exclaiming loudly; krandan—sometimes
crying; samhrsyan—sometimes being pleased; gdyan—singing;
