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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 4]
mithuna —of man and woman;  vyavāya —sexual activities;  dharmaḥ —who accepts by religious performance;  tvam —you;  prajāsargam —creation of living entities;  imam —this;  punaḥ —again;  mithuna —of man and woman united;  vyavāya-dharmiṇyām —in her according to the religious performance of sexual intercourse;  bhūriśaḥ —manifold;  bhāvayiṣyasi —you will cause to be.
TRANSLATION
Now unite in sexual life as man and woman, and in this way, by sexual intercourse, you will be able to beget hundreds of children in the womb of this girl to increase the population.
PURPORT
The Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.11),  dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo ’smi : “I am sex that is not contrary to religious principles.” Sexual intercourse ordained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is  dharma , a religious principle, but it is not intended for sense enjoyment. Indulgence in sense enjoyment through sexual intercourse is not allowed by the Vedic principles. One may follow the natural tendency for sex life only to beget children. Therefore the Lord told Dakṣa in this verse, “This girl is offered to you only for sex life to beget children, not for any other purpose. She is very fertile, and therefore you will be able to have as many children as you can beget.”
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura remarks in this connection that Dakṣa was given the facility for unlimited sexual intercourse. In Dakṣa’s previous life he was also known as Dakṣa, but in the course of performing sacrifices he offended Lord Śiva, and thus his head was replaced with that of a goat. Then Dakṣa gave up his life because of his degraded condition, but because he maintained the same unlimited sexual desires, he underwent austerities by which he satisfied the Supreme Lord, who then gave him unlimited potency for sexual intercourse.
It should be noted that although such a facility for sexual intercourse is achieved by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this facility is not offered to advanced devotees, who are free from material desires ( anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam ). In this connection it may be noted that