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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.32

क्‍वचिद् द्रुमवदैहिकार्थेषु गृहेषु रंस्यन् यथा वानर: सुतदारवत्सलो व्यवायक्षण: ॥ ३२ ॥
kvacid drumavad aihikārtheṣu gṛheṣu raṁsyan yathā vānaraḥ suta-dāra-vatsalo vyavāya-kṣaṇaḥ.
[kvachid drumavad aihikaartheshu griheshu ramsyan yathaa vaanarah suta-daara-vatsalo vyavaaya-kshanah.]
Word-for-word
kvacit — sometimes druma-vat — like trees (as monkeys jump from one tree to another, the conditioned soul transmigrates from one body to another) aihika-artheṣu — simply to bring about better worldly comforts gṛheṣu — in houses (or bodies) raṁsyan — delighting (in one body after another, either in animal life, human life or demigod life) yathā — exactly as vānaraḥ — the monkey suta-dāra-vatsalaḥ — very affectionate to the children and wife vyavāya-kṣaṇaḥ — whose leisure time is spent in sex pleasure.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kvacid drumavad aihikārtheṣu gṛheṣu raṁsyan yathā vānaraḥ suta-dāra-vatsalo vyavāya-kṣaṇaḥ.
kvacit
sometimes
druma-vat
like trees (as monkeys jump from one tree to another, the conditioned soul transmigrates from one body to another)
aihika-artheṣu
simply to bring about better worldly comforts
gṛheṣu
in houses (or bodies)
raṁsyan
delighting (in one body after another, either in animal life, human life or demigod life)
yathā
exactly as
vānaraḥ
the monkey
suta-dāra-vatsalaḥ
very affectionate to the children and wife
vyavāya-kṣaṇaḥ
whose leisure time is spent in sex pleasure.
Just as a monkey jumps from one tree to another, the conditioned soul jumps from one body to another. As the monkey is ultimately captured by the hunter and is unable to get out of captivity, the conditioned soul, being captivated by momentary sex pleasure, becomes attached to different types of bodies and is encaged in family life. Family life affords the conditioned soul a festival of momentary sex pleasure, and thus he is completely unable to get out of the material clutches.
Purport

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.9.29) : viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt. Bodily necessities — eating, sleeping, mating and defending — are all very easily available in any form of life. It is stated here that the vānara (monkey) is very much attracted to sex. Each monkey keeps at least two dozen wives, and he jumps from one tree to another to capture the female monkeys. Thus he immediately engages in sexual intercourse. In this way the monkey’s business is to jump from one tree to another and enjoy sex with his wives. The conditioned soul is doing the same thing, transmigrating from one body to another and engaging in sex. He thus completely forgets how to become free from the clutches of material encagement. Sometimes the monkey is captured by a hunter, who sells its body to doctors so that its glands can be removed for the benefit of another monkey. All this is going on in the name of economic development and improved sex life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sometimes he enjoys in houses which give material pleasure and which are like trees, just as the monkey, affectionate to sons and wife, has a festival of sex enjoyment in the trees. This verse explains “enjoying in the trees” in SB 5.13.18. Raṁsyan means enjoying. Vyavāya-kṣaṇaḥ means a festival of enjoyment with women.
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Personal Guidance
Like a monkey jumping tree to tree, the conditioned soul jumps body to body, captured by momentary sex pleasure. The pattern is mechanical and predictable; only Kṛṣṇa consciousness breaks the jump-and-capture loop.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do you see the 'jump-and-capture' pattern repeating in your own choices?
  • What single sustained engagement could replace the constant jumping?
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