Text 14] Prahlada Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates 19

becomes almost impossible. Thus the household becomes grham andha-
kiipam, a dark well into which the man has fallen. For such a man to get
out is extremely difficult unless he is helped by a strong person, the
spiritual master, who helps the fallen person with the strong rope of
spiritual instructions. A fallen person should take advantage of this rope,
and then the spiritual master, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Krsna, will take him out of the dark well.

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kutumba-posaya viyan nijayur
na budhyate ’rtham vihatarn pramattah
sarvatra tapa-traya-duhkhitatma
nirvidyate na sva-kutumba-ramah

kutumba —of family members; posaya—for the maintenance; viyat—
declining; nija-dyuh—his lifetime; na—not; budhyate—understands;
artham—the interest or purpose of life; vihatam—spoiled; pramattah—
being mad in material conditions; sarvatra—everywhere; tapa-traya—
by the threefold miserable conditions (adhyatmika, adhidaivika and
adhibautika); duhkhita—being distressed; dtmad—himself; nirvidyate-
—becomes remorseful; na—not; sva-kutumba-ramah—enjoying simply
by maintaining the members of the family.

TRANSLATION

One who is too attached cannot understand that he is wasting his
valuable life for the maintenance of his family. He also fails to
understand that the purpose of human life, a life suitable for
realization of the Absolute Truth, is being imperceptibly spoiled.

However, he is very cleverly attentive to seeing that not a single
