नीत्वोत्पथं विषयदस्युषु निक्षिपन्ति ।
ते दस्यवः सहयसूतममुं तमोऽन्धे
संसारकूप उरुमृत्युभये क्षिपन्ति ॥४६॥
nocet pramattam asad-indriya-vÄji-sÅ«tÄ
nītvotpathaṠviṣaya-dasyuṣu nikṣipanti
te dasyavaḥ sahaya-sūtam amuṠtamo 'ndhe
saá¹sÄra-kÅ«pa uru-má¹›tyu-bhaye ká¹£ipanti
nocet - if we do not follow the instructions of Acyuta, Kṛṣṇa, and do not take shelter of BalarÄma; pramattam - careless, inattentive; asat - which are always prone to material consciousness; indriya - the senses; vÄji - acting as the horses; sÅ«tÄḥ - the chariot driver (intelligence); nÄ«tvÄ - bringing; utpatham - to the roadway of material desire; viá¹£aya - the sense objects; dasyuá¹£u - in the hands of the plunderers; niká¹£ipanti - throw; te - those; dasyavaḥ - plunderers; sa - with; haya-sÅ«tam - the horses and chariot driver; amum - all of them; tamaḥ - dark; andhe - blind; saá¹sÄra-kÅ«pe - into the well of material existence; uru - great; má¹›tyu-bhaye - fear of death; ká¹£ipanti - throw.
Otherwise, if one does not take shelter of Acyuta and Baladeva, then the senses, acting as the horses, and the intelligence, acting as the driver, both being prone to material contamination, inattentively bring the body, which acts as the chariot, to the path of sense gratification. When one is thus attracted again by the rogues of viṣaya — eating, sleeping and mating — the horses and chariot driver are thrown into the blinding dark well of material existence, and one is again put into a dangerous and extremely fearful situation of repeated birth and death.
Without the protection of Gaura-NitÄi — Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma — one cannot get out of the dark well of ignorance in material existence. This is indicated here by the word nocet, which means that one will always remain in the dark well of material existence. The living entity must get strength from NitÄi-Gaura, or Kṛṣṇa-BalarÄma. Without the mercy of NitÄi-Gaura, there is no way to come out of this dark well of ignorance. As stated in the Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Ä€di 1.2):
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-
nityÄnandau sahoditau
gauá¸odaye puá¹£pavantau
citrau śandau tamo-nudau
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord NityÄnanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauá¸a to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.†This material world is a dark well of ignorance. The fallen soul in this dark well must take shelter of the lotus feet of Gaura-NitÄi, for thus he can easily emerge from material existence. Without Their strength, simply attempting to get out of the clutches of matter by speculative knowledge will be insufficient.
