Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 30: Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.30.22

ksut-trt-parito 'rka-davanalanilaih

santapyamanah pathi tapta-valuke

krcchrena prsthe kasaya ca taditas

calaty asakto 'pi nirasramodake

SYNONYMS

ksut-trt -- by hunger and thirst; paritah -- afflicted; arka -- sun; dava-anala -- forest fires; anilaih -- by winds; santapyamanah -- being scorched; pathi -- on a road; tapta-valuke -- of hot sand; krcchrena -- painfully; prsthe -- on the back; kasaya -- with a whip; ca -- and; taditah -- beaten; calati -- he moves; asaktah -- unable; api -- although; nirasrama-udake -- without shelter or water.

TRANSLATION

Under the scorching sun, the criminal has to pass through roads of hot sand with forest fires on both sides. He is whipped on the back by the constables because of his inability to walk, and he is afflicted by hunger and thirst, but unfortunately there is no drinking water, no shelter and no place for rest on the road.

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