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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 1]
TRANSLATION
The śūdra, his arm decorated with turmeric powder, was embracing the prostitute. When Ajāmila saw her, the dormant lusty desires in his heart awakened, and in illusion he fell under their control.
PURPORT
It is said that if one's body is smeared with turmeric, it attracts the lusty desires of the opposite sex. The word  kāma-liptena  indicates that the  śūdra  was decorated with turmeric smeared on his body.
TEXT 62
स्तम्भयन्नात्मनात्मानं यावत्सत्त्वं यथाश्रुतम् । न शशाक समाधातुं मनो मदनवेपितम् ॥६२॥
stambhayann ātmanātmānaṁ yāvat sattvaṁ yathā-śrutam na śaśāka samādhātuṁ mano madana-vepitam
stambhayan —trying to control;  ātmanā —by the intelligence;  āt-mānam —the mind;  yāvat sattvam —as far as possible for him;  yathā-śrutam —by remembering the instruction (of celibacy,  brahmacarya , not even to see a woman);  na —not;  śaśāka —was able;  samādhātum —to restrain;  manaḥ —the mind;  madana-vepitam —agitated by Cupid or lusty desire.
TRANSLATION
As far as possible he patiently tried to remember the instructions of the śāstras not even to see a woman. With the help of this knowledge and his intellect, he tried to control his lusty desires, but because of the force of Cupid within his heart, he failed to control his mind.
PURPORT
Unless one is very strong in knowledge, patience and proper bodily, mental and intellectual behavior, controlling one's lusty desires is ex-