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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 14]
TRANSLATION
Demigods like Brahmā also follow the religious rites observed by him. He is the controller of the material energy, which causes the creation of the material world. He is great, and therefore his devilish characteristics are simply imitation.
PURPORT
Lord Śiva is the husband of Durgā, the controller of the material energy. Durgā is personified material energy, and Lord Śiva, being her husband, is the controller of the material energy. He is also the incarnation of the mode of ignorance and one of the three deities representing the Supreme Lord. As His representative, Lord Śiva is identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is very great, and his renunciation of all material enjoyment is an ideal example of how one should be materially unattached. One should therefore follow in his footsteps and be unattached to matter, not imitate his uncommon acts like drinking poison.
TEXT 30
मैत्रेय उवाच
सैवं संविदिते भर्त्रा मन्मथोन्मथितेन्द्रिया ।
जग्राह वासो ब्रह्मर्षेर्वृषलीव गतत्रपा ॥३०॥
maitreya uvāca saivam samvidite bhartrā manmathonmathitendriyā jagrāha vāso brahmarṣer vṛṣalīva gata-trapā
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  sā —she;  evam —thus;  samvidite —in spite of being informed;  bhartrā —by her husband;  manmatha —by Cupid;  unmathita —being pressed;  indriyā —senses;  jagrāha —caught hold of;  vāsaḥ —clothing;  brahmarṣeḥ —of the great  brāhmaṇa  sage;  vṛṣalī —public prostitute;  iva —like;  gata-trapā —without shame.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya said: Diti was thus informed by her husband, but she was pressed by Cupid for sex satisfaction. She caught hold of the clothing of the great  brāhmaṇa  sage, just like a shameless public prostitute.
PURPORT
The difference between a married wife and a public prostitute is that one is restrained in sex life by the rules and regulations of the scriptures,