SB 1.14.11 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 11
Uru akshi bahavo mahyam sphuranti angam punah punah Bepathus cha api hridayae arad dasyanti vipriyam.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Uru—thighs, Akshi—eyes, Bhavo—the arms, Mahyam—in me, Sphuanti—quivering, Angam—leftside of the body, Punah punah—again and again, Bepathus—palpitations, Cha—also, Hridaye—in the heart, Arad—due to fearfulness, Dasysanti—indicating, Vipriyas—undesirables.
TRANSLATION
My left part of the body namely the thighs, eyes and the arms all are quivering again and again: there is palpitation of the heart also due to fearfulness and as such they indicate undesirable happenings.
PURPORT
The material existence of life is full of undesirables. Things we do not want are forced upon us by some superior energy and one does not see to these undesirables are under the grip of the three modes of material nature. When a man's left side body namely the eyes (by the upper lids) the arms and the thighs all quiver constantly, one must know that something is going to happen which is undesirable. These undesirables are compared with fire in the forest. Nobody goes in the forest for setting fire in it but by its own interaction of the bamboos fire automatically takes place in the forest creating inconceivable calamities for the living being in the forest. Such fire in the forest cannot be extinguished by any humanly efforts by sending fire brigade or similar help for the living beings there. The only means of extinguishing such fire is the mercy of the Lord by sending cloud on the head and pouring water on the forest. Similarly undesirable happenings in the life of the human beings cannot be checked by any number of plans of the human being. Such miseries can be removed only by the mercy of the Lord who sends His bonafide representatives to enlighten the human beings and thus save them from the calamities of undesirable happenings.