Text 27]
Bhāgavatam is the Answer
581
eration of the living being is necessary for upkeep of the purpose of creation. The sex pleasure is an impetus for such action, and as such one can even serve the Lord in the act of such sex pleasure. The service is counted when the children born out of such sex pleasure are properly trained in God consciousness. The whole idea of material creation is to revive the dormant God consciousness of the living entity. In other forms of life, besides the human form, the sex pleasure is prominent only without any motive of service for the mission of the Lord. But in the human form of life the conditioned soul can render service to the Lord by creating progeny suitable for the attainment of salvation. One can beget hundreds of children and enjoy the celestial pleasure of sexual intercourse provided he is able to train up the children in God consciousness. Otherwise begetting children is on the level of the swine. Rather, the swine is more expert than the human being because the swine can beget a dozen piglets at a time, whereas the human being can give birth to one only at a time. So one should always remember that the genitals, sex pleasure, the woman, and the offspring are all related in the service of the Lord, and one who forgets this relationship in the service of the Supreme Lord becomes subjected to the threefold miseries of material existence by the laws of nature. Perception of sex pleasure is there even in the body of the dog, but there is no sense of God consciousness. The human form of life is distinct from that of the dog by the perception of God consciousness.
TEXT 27
उत्सिसृशोर्धातुमलं निरभिघत वै गुदम् । ततः पायुस्ततो मित्र उत्सर्ग उभयाश्रयः ॥२७॥
utsiṣṛkṣor dhātu-malam nirabhidyata vai gudam tataḥ pāyus tato mitra utsarga ubhayāśrayaḥ
utsiṣṛkṣoḥ—desiring to evacuate; dhātu-malam—refuse of eatables; nirabhidyata—became open; vai—certainly; gudam—the evacuating hole; tataḥ—thereafter; pāyuḥ—the evacuating sense organ; tataḥ—thereafter; mitraḥ—the controlling demigod; utsargaḥ—the substance evacuated; ubhaya—both; āśrayaḥ—shelter.