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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 26]
TEXT 26
तन्मे प्रसीद सुहृदः कृतकिल्बिषस्य स्वैरं गतस्य मृगयां व्यसनातुरस्य । का देवरं वशगतं कुसुमास्त्रवेग- विस्रस्तपौस्त्रमुशतीन भजेत कृत्ये ॥२६॥
tan me prasīda suhṛdaḥ kṛta-kilbiṣasya svairam gatasya mṛgayām vyasanāturasya kā devaram vaśa-gatam kusumāstra-vega- visrasta-pauṁsnam uśatī na bhajeta kṛtye
tat—therefore; me—unto me; prasīda—be kind; su-hṛdaḥ—intimate friend; kṛta-kilbiṣasya—having committed sinful activities; svairam—independently; gatasya—who went; mṛgayām—hunting; vyasana-āturasya—being influenced by sinful desire; kā—what woman; devaram—the husband; vaśa-gatam—under her control; kusumāstra-vega—pierced by the arrow of Cupid; visrasta—scattered; pauṁsnam—his patience; uśatī—very beautiful; na—never; bhajeta—would embrace; kṛtye—in proper duty.
TRANSLATION
My dear Queen, due to my sinful desires I went to the forest to hunt without asking you. Therefore I must admit that I have offended you. Nonetheless, thinking of me as your most intimate subordinate, you should still be very much pleased with me. Factually I am very much bereaved, but being pierced by the arrow of Cupid, I am feeling lusty. But where is the beautiful woman who would give up her lusty husband and refuse to unite with him?
PURPORT
Both man and woman desire one another; that is the basic principle of material existence. Women in general always keep themselves beautiful so that they can be attractive to their lusty husbands. When a lusty husband comes before his wife, the wife takes advantage of his aggressive activities and enjoys life. Generally when a woman is attacked by a man—whether her husband or some other man—she enjoys the attack, being too lusty. In other words, when one's intelligence is properly utilized, both the intellect and the intelligent person enjoy one another with great satisfaction. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: yan maithunādi grhamedhi-