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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 27]
kṣaṇārdham iva rājendra vyatikrāntam navam vayaḥ
tayā —with her;  evam —in this way;  ramamāṇasya —enjoying;  kāma —full of lust;  kaśmala —sinful;  cetasaḥ —his heart;  kṣaṇa-ardham —in half a moment;  iva —like;  rāja-indra —O King;  vyatikrāntam —expired;  navam —new;  vayaḥ —life.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Prācīnabarhiṣat, in this way King Purañjana, with his heart full of lust and sinful reactions, began to enjoy sex with his wife, and in this way his new life and youth expired in half a moment.
PURPORT
Śrīla Govinda dāsa Ṭhākura has sung:
e-dhana, yauvana, putra, parijana, ithe ki āche paratīti re kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala, bhaja huṅ hari-pada niti re
In this verse Śrīla Govinda dāsa actually says that there is no bliss in the enjoyment of youthful life. In youth a person becomes very lusty to enjoy all kinds of sense objects. The sense objects are form, taste, smell, touch and sound. The modern scientific method, or advancement of scientific civilization, encourages the enjoyment of these five senses. The younger generation is very pleased to see a beautiful form, to hear radio messages of material news and sense gratificatory songs, to smell nice scents, nice flowers, and to touch the soft body or breasts of a young woman and gradually touch the sex organs. All of this is also very pleasing to the animals; therefore in human society there are restrictions in the enjoyment of the five sense objects. If one does not follow, he becomes exactly like an animal.
Thus in this verse it is specifically stated,  kāma-kaśmala-cetasaḥ : the consciousness of King Purañjana was polluted by lusty desires and sinful activities. In the previous verse it is stated that Purañjana, although advanced in consciousness, lay down on a very soft bed with his wife. This indicates that he indulged too much in sex. The words  navam vayaḥ  are also significant in this verse. They indicate the period of youth from age sixteen to thirty. These thirteen or fifteen years of life are years in which one can very strongly enjoy the senses. When one comes to this age he