क्षुत्परीतो यथा दीन: सारमेयो गृहं गृहम् । चरन्विन्दति यद्दिष्टं दण्डमोदनमेव वा ॥ ३० ॥ तथा कामाशयो जीव उच्चावचपथा भ्रमन् । उपर्यधो वा मध्ये वा याति दिष्टं प्रियाप्रियम् ॥ ३१ ॥
ksut-parito yatha dinah sarameyo grham grham caran vindati yad-distam dandam odanam eva va tatha kamasayo jiva uccavaca-patha bhraman upary adho va madhye va yati distam priyapriyam
- ksut-paritah
- overcome by hunger
- yatha
- as
- dinah
- poor
- sarameyah
- a dog
- grham
- from one house
- grham
- to another house
- caran
- wandering
- vindati
- receives
- yat
- whose
- distam
- according to destiny
- dandam
- punishment
- odanam
- food
- eva
- certainly
- va
- or
- tatha
- similarly
- kama-asayah
- pursuing different types of desires
- jivah
- the living entity
- ucca
- high
- avaca
- low
- patha
- on a path
- bhraman
- wandering
- upari
- high
- adhah
- low
- va
- or
- madhye
- in the middle
- va
- or
- yati
- goes toward
- distam
- according to destiny
- priya
- pleasing
- apriyam
- not pleasing
The living entity is exactly like a dog who, overcome with hunger, goes from door to door for some food. According to his destiny, he sometimes receives punishment and is driven out and at other times receives a little food to eat. Similarly, the living entity, being influenced by so many desires, wanders in different species of life according to destiny. Sometimes he is high, and sometimes he is low. Sometimes he goes to the heavenly planets, sometimes to hell, sometimes to the middle planets, and so on.