sa esa dehatma-maninam sattvadi-guna-visesa-vikalpita-kusalaku-
sala-samavahara-vinirmita-vividha-dehavalibhir viyoga-samyogady-
anadi-samsaranubhavasya dvara-bhutena sad-indriya-vargena tasmin
durgadhvavad asugame 'dhvany apatita isvarasya bhagavato visnor
vasa-vartinya mayaya jiva-loko 'yam yatha vanik-sartho 'rtha-parah
sva-deha-nispadita-karmanubhavah smasanavad asivatamayam
samsaratavyam gato nadyapi viphala-bahu-pratiyogehas tat-
tapopasamanim hari-guru-caranaravinda-madhukaranupadavim
avarundhe.
sah-the self-realized devotee (Sri Sukadeva Gosvami); ha-indeed; uvaca-spoke; sah-he (the conditioned soul); esah-this one; deha-atma-maninam-of those who foolishly take the body to be the self; sattva-adi-of sattva, rajah and tamah; guna-by the modes; visesa-particular; vikalpita-falsely constituted; kusala-sometimes by favorable actions; akusala-sometimes by very unfavorable actions; samavahara-by a mixture of both; vinirmita-obtained; vividha-various types; deha-avalibhih-by the series of bodies; viyoga-samyoga-adi-symptomized by giving up one type of body (viyoga) and accepting another (samyoga); anadi-samsara-anubhavasya-of the perception of the beginningless process of transmigration; dvara-bhutena-existing as the doorways; sat-indriya-vargena-by these six senses (the mind and five knowledge-acquiring senses, namely the eyes, ears, tongue, nose and skin); tasmin-on that; durga-adhva-vat-like a path that is very difficult to traverse; asugame-being difficult to pass through; adhvani-on a path in the forest; apatitah-happened; isvarasya-of the controller; bhagavatah-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; visnoh-of Lord Visnu; vasa-vartinya-acting under the control; mayaya-by the material energy; jiva-lokah-the conditioned living entity; ayam-this; yatha-exactly like; vanik-a merchant; sa-arthah-having an object; artha-parah-who is very attached to money; sva-deha-nispadita-performed by his own body; karma-the fruits of activities; anubhavah-who experiences; smasana-vat asivatamayam-like an inauspicious cemetery or place of burial; samsara-atavyam-in the forest of material life; gatah-having entered; na-not; adya api-until now; viphala-unsuccessful; bahu-pratiyoga-full of great difficulties and varieties of miserable conditions; ihah-whose activities here in this material world; tat-tapa-upasa-manim-which pacifies the miseries of the forest of material life; hari-guru-carana-aravinda-to the lotus feet of the Lord and His devotee; madhukara-anupadavim-the road followed in pursuance of devotees who are attached like bumblebees; avarundhe-gain.