कदाचिद्भग्नमानदंष्ट्रो दुर्जनदन्दशूकैरलब्धनिद्राक्षणो व्यथितहृदयेनानुक्षीयमाणविज्ञानोऽन्धकूपेऽन्धवत्पतति ॥ २१ ॥
kadacid bhagna-mana-damstro durjana-danda-sukair alabdha-nidra-ksano vyathita-hrdayenanuksiyamana-vijnano ’ndha-kupe ’ndhavat patati.
- kadacit
- sometimes
- bhagna-mana-damstrah
- whose teeth of pride are broken
- durjana-danda-sukaih
- by the envious activities of evil men, who are compared to a kind of serpent
- alabdha-nidra-ksanah
- who does not get an opportunity to sleep
- vyathita-hrdayena
- by a disturbed mind
- anuksiyamana
- gradually being decreased
- vijnanah
- whose real consciousness
- andha-kupe
- in a blind well
- andha-vat
- like illusion
- patati
- he falls down
In the forest of the material world, the conditioned soul is sometimes bitten by envious enemies, which are compared to serpents and other creatures. Through the tricks of the enemy, the conditioned soul falls from his prestigious position. Being anxious, he cannot even sleep properly. He thus becomes more and more unhappy, and he gradually loses his intelligence and consciousness. In that state he becomes almost perpetually like a blind man who has fallen into a dark well of ignorance.