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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 29]
TEXT 14
आसुरी मेद्रमर्गद्वार्यवायो ग्रामिणां रतिः । उपस्यो दुर्मदः प्रोक्तो निर्ऋतिर्गुद उच्यते ॥१४॥
āsurī meḍhram arvāg-dvār vyavāyo grāmiṇām ratiḥ upastho durmadaḥ prokto nirṛtir guda ucyate
āsurī —called  Āsurī ;  meḍhram —the genital;  arvāk —of the fools and rascals;  dvāḥ —gate;  vyavāyaḥ —performing sexual affairs;  grāmiṇām —of common men;  ratiḥ —attraction;  upasthaḥ —the faculty of procreation;  durmadaḥ —Durmada;  proktaḥ —is called;  nirṛtiḥ —Nirṛti;  gudaḥ —rectum;  ucyate —is called.
TRANSLATION
The city called  Grāmaka , which is approached through the lower gate of  Āsurī  [the genital], is meant for sex, which is very pleasing to common men who are simply fools and rascals. The faculty of procreation is called  Durmada , and the rectum is called  Nirṛti .
PURPORT
When the world becomes degraded, civilization becomes demoniac, and for the common man the rectum and the genital are taken very seriously as the centers of all activity. Even in such a sacred place as  Vṛndāvana , India, unintelligent men pass off this rectal and genital business as spiritual activity. Such people are called  sahajiyā . According to their philosophy, through sexual indulgence one can elevate oneself to the spiritual platform. From these verses of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , however, we understand that the desires for sexual satisfaction are meant for the  arvāk , the lowest among men. To rectify these rascals and fools is very difficult. After all, the sex desires of the common man are condemned in these verses. The word  durmada  means “wrongly directed,” and  nirṛti  means “sinful activity.” Although this clearly indicates that sex indulgence is abominable and misdirected even from the ordinary point of view, the  sahajiyās  nonetheless pass themselves off as devotees conducting spiritual activities. For this reason,  Vṛndāvana  is no longer visited by intelligent men. Sometimes we are often asked why we have made our center in  Vṛndāvana .