Text 13] Narada Muni Cursed by Prajapati Daksa 271
platform. He has also been described as abhava. The word bhava, which
means “‘takes birth,” comes from the word bhi, “‘to be.”’ As stated in
Bhagavad-gita (8.19), bhitva bhitva praliyate: the living entities in the
material world must be repeatedly born and destroyed. The Supreme
Personality of Godhead, however, is neither bhiitvd nor praliyate; He is
eternal. In other words, He is not obliged to take birth like human beings
or animals, which repeatedly take birth and die because of ignorance of
the soul. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is not subjected to
such changes of body, and one who thinks otherwise is considered a fool
(avajananti mérh midhé ménusiri tanum Gsritam). Narada Muni
advises that human beings not waste their time simply jumping like cats
and monkeys, without real benefit. The duty of the human being is to

understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 13
Gar Aaa 7g eT fawart mat Ta |
PO a ICE MILE
pumaén naivaiti yad gatvd
bila-svargam gato yatha
pratyag-dhamavida iha
kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
pumdén—a human being; na—not; eva—indeed; eti—comes back;
yat—to which; gatva—having gone; bila-svargam—to the region of the
lower planetary system known as Patala; gatah—gone; yatha—like;
pratyak-dhama—the effulgent spiritual world; avidah—of the unin-
telligent man; iha—in this material world; kim—what benefit; asat-
karmabhih—with temporary fruitive activities; bhavet—there can be.
TRANSLATION

[Narada Muni had described that there is a bila, or hole, from
which, having entered, one does not return. The Haryasvas
understood the meaning of this allegory.] Hardly once has a
person who has entered the lower planetary system called Patala
