द्रुमेषु रंस्यन् सुतदारवत्सलो व्यवायदीनो विवश: स्वबन्धने । क्वचित्प्रमादाद् गिरिकन्दरे पतन् वल्लीं गृहीत्वा गजभीत आस्थित: ॥ १८ ॥
drumesu ramsyan suta-dara-vatsalo vyavaya-dino vivasah sva-bandhane kvacit pramadad giri-kandare patan vallim grhitva gaja-bhita asthitah
- drumesu
- in the trees (or in houses standing like trees in which monkeys jump from one branch to another)
- ramsyan
- enjoying
- suta-dara-vatsalah
- being attached to the children and wife
- vyavaya-dinah
- who is poor-hearted because of acting on the platform of sex desire
- vivasah
- unable to give up
- sva-bandhane
- in bondage to the reactions of one’s own activities
- kvacit
- sometimes
- pramadat
- from fear of imminent death
- giri-kandare
- in a cave in a mountain
- patan
- falling down
- vallim
- the branches of a creeper
- grhitva
- capturing
- gaja-bhitah
- being afraid of the elephant of death
- asthitah
- remains in that position
When the living entity becomes exactly like a monkey jumping from one branch to another, he remains in the tree of household life without any profit but sex. Thus he is kicked by his wife just like the he-ass. Unable to gain release, he remains helplessly in that position. Sometimes he falls victim to am incurable disease, which is like falling into a mountain cave. He becomes afraid of death, which is like the elephant in the back of that cave, and he remains stranded, grasping at the twigs and branches of a creeper.