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Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
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whereas the other is unrestricted in sex life and is conducted solely by the strong sex urge. Although very enlightened, Kaśyapa, the great sage, became a victim of his prostitute wife. Such is the strong force of material energy.
TEXT 31
स विदित्वाथ भार्यायास्तं निर्बन्धं विकर्मणि । नत्वा दिष्टाय रहसि तयाथोपविवेश हि ॥३१॥
sa viditvātha bhāryāyās tam nirbandham vikarmaṇi natvā diṣṭāya rahasi tayāthopaviveśa hi
saḥ—he; viditvā—understanding; atha—thereupon; bhāryāyāḥ—of the wife; tam—that; nirbandham—obstinacy; vikarmaṇi—in the forbidden act; natvā—offering obeisances; diṣṭāya—unto worshipable fate; rahasi—in a secluded place; tayā—with her; atha—thus; upaviveśa—sat on; hi—certainly.
TRANSLATION
Understanding his wife's purpose, he was obliged to perform the forbidden act, and thus offering his obeisances unto worshipable fate, he lay with her in a secluded place.
PURPORT
It appears from the talks of Kaśyapa with his wife that he was a worshiper of Lord Śiva, and although he knew that Lord Śiva would not be pleased with him for such a forbidden act, he was obliged to act by his wife's desire, and thus he offered his obeisances unto fate. He knew that the child born of such untimely sexual intercourse would certainly not be a good child, but could not protect himself because he was too obligated to his wife. In a similar case, however, when Thākura Haridāsa was tempted by a public prostitute at the dead of night, he avoided the allurement because of his perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the difference between a Kṛṣṇa conscious person and others. Kaśyapa Muni was greatly learned and enlightened, and he knew all the rules and regulations of systematic life, yet he failed to protect himself from the attack of sex desire. Thākura Haridāsa was not born of a  brāhmaṇa  family, nor was he himself  brāhmaṇa , yet he could protect himself from such an attack due to his being Kṛṣṇa conscious. Thākura Haridāsa used to chant the holy name of the Lord 300,000 times daily.