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Prabhupāda:

...uṭhāya, kabhu narake ḍubāya daṇḍya-jane rājā yena nadīte cubāya

[Cc Madhya 20.118]

[In the material condition, the living entity is sometimes raised to higher planetary systems and material prosperity and sometimes drowned …

So Lord Caitanya is explaining the positions of the conditioned soul. They are completely under the grip of this material …

So daṇḍya-jane rājā yena nadīte cubāya. The example is very nice, that a culprit is drowned in the water, again …

bhayaṁ dvitīyābhi... dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād īśād apetasya viparyayo 'smṛtiḥ tan-māyayāto budha ābhajet taṁ bhaktyaikayeśaṁ guru-devatātmā

[Cc Madhya 20.119]

[When the living entity is attracted by the material energy, which is separate from Kṛṣṇa, he is overpowered by fear. …

Therefore Bhāgavata, Śrīmad-Bhāgavata, is giving direction, bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syāt. When we are forgetful of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, when you think that …

We are all fearful because, as we have got these bodily necessities, we want to eat something, we want to …

Just like a forlorn child, when he thinks that "My... I am... My father and my mother, lost." You might …

If I work in some ordinary man's service, he gives me protection. Don't you think if you work for Kṛṣṇa, …

[Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not …

"I shall give you protection from all sinful reactions." But we have no faith. We are thinking, "Oh, it is …

So dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ. Because he thinks there is anything superior than Kṛṣṇa, therefore he is fearful. Why a conditioned soul is …

Therefore tan-māyayā ābhajet tam. Ābhajet tam. And therefore it is our duty to regain our lost consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That …

There is no other means. There is no second means to understand God without this devotional service. Rest assured. Foolish …

But because Kṛṣṇa, or the Supreme Lord, cannot be understood by any other process, it is simply waste of time. …

[To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come …