Shloka 32
The Lord’s Supervision of Embodiment: Fetal Development, Womb-Suffering, and the Jīva’s Prayer (Garbha-stuti) — and the Trap of Māyā
यद्यसद्भि: पथि पुन: शिश्नोदरकृतोद्यमै: । आस्थितो रमते जन्तुस्तमो विशति पूर्ववत् ॥ ३२ ॥
yady asadbhiḥ pathi punaḥ śiśnodara-kṛtodyamaiḥ āsthito ramate jantus tamo viśati pūrvavat
If, therefore, the living entity again associates with the path of unrighteousness, influenced by sensually minded people engaged in the pursuit of sexual enjoyment and the gratification of the palate, he again goes to hell as before.
It has been explained that the conditioned soul is put into the Andha-tāmisra and Tāmisra hellish conditions, and after suffering there he gets a hellish body like the dog’s or hog’s. After several such births, he again comes into the form of a human being. How the human being is born is also described by Kapiladeva. The human being develops in the mother’s abdomen and suffers there and comes out again. After all these sufferings, if he gets another chance in a human body and wastes his valuable time in the association of persons who are concerned with sexual life and palatable dishes, then naturally he again glides down to the same Andha-tāmisra and Tāmisra hells.
FAQs
This verse states that when a person again follows impious ways centered on satisfying the genitals and belly, he enjoys that indulgence but consequently re-enters tamaḥ (spiritual ignorance) as before.
In the womb-condition teachings (3.31), Śukadeva explains how the jīva repeatedly falls into bondage; returning to lust-and-appetite-driven life is portrayed as a direct cause of renewed ignorance and suffering.
Reduce life decisions driven primarily by lust and overeating (or consumer appetite), and redirect effort toward sādhana—hearing, chanting, and disciplined living—so consciousness moves from tamas to clarity and devotion.