TEXT 26
rajovaca
yo ha va iha bahu-vida maha-bhagavata tvayabhihitah paroksena vacasa jiva-loka-bhavadhva sa hy arya-manisaya kalpita-visayo nanjasavyutpanna-loka-samadhigamah; atha tad evaitad duravagamam samavetanukalpena nirdisyatam iti.
SYNONYMS
raja uvacaKing Pariksit said; yahwhich; hacertainly; vaor; ihain this narration; bahu-vidawho are aware of many incidents of transcendental knowledge; maha-bhagavataO great devotee sage; tvayaby you; abhihitahdescribed; paroksenafiguratively; vacasaby words; jiva-loka-bhava-adhvathe path of material existence of the conditioned soul; sahthat; hiindeed; arya-manisayaby the intelligence of advanced devotees; kalpita-visayahthe subject matter is imagined; nanot; anjasadirectly; avyutpanna-lokaof persons who are not very experienced or intelligent; samadhigamahthe complete understanding; athatherefore; tat evabecause of that; etatthis matter; duravagamamwhich is difficult to understand; samaveta-anukalpenaby substituting the direct meaning of such incidents; nirdisyatamlet it be described; itithus.
TRANSLATION
King Pariksit then told Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, O great devotee sage, you are omniscient. You have very nicely described the position of the conditioned soul, who is compared to a merchant in the forest. From these instructions intelligent men can understand that the senses of a person in the bodily conception are like rogues and thieves in that forest, and ones wife and children are like jackals and other ferocious animals. However, it is not very easy for the unintelligent to understand the purport of this story because it is difficult to extricate the exact meaning from the allegory. I therefore request Your Holiness to give the direct meaning.
PURPORT
There are many stories and incidents in Srimad-Bhagavatam that are described figuratively. Such allegorical descriptions may not be understood by unintelligent men; therefore it is the duty of the student to approach a bona fide spiritual master for the direct explanation.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, Further Talks Between King Rahugana and Jada Bharata.

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