Text 53]
The Hainsa-guhya Prayers
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if the American boys and girls engaged in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement want to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness to achieve the supreme benefit of loving service to the Lord, they should refrain from indulging in this facility for sex life. Therefore we advise that one should at least refrain from illicit sex. Even if there are opportunities for sex life, one should voluntarily accept the limitation of having sex only for progeny, not for any other purpose. Kardama Muni was also given the facility for sex life, but he had only a slight desire for it. Therefore after begetting children in the womb of Devahūti, Kardama Muni became completely renounced. The purport is that if one wants to return home, back to Godhead, one should voluntarily refrain from sex life. Sex should be accepted only as much as needed, not unlimitedly.
One should not think that Dakṣa received the favor of the Lord by receiving the facilities for unlimited sex. Later verses will reveal that Dakṣa again committed an offense, this time at the lotus feet of Nārada. Therefore although sex life is the topmost enjoyment in the material world and although one may have an opportunity for sexual enjoyment by the grace of God, this entails a risk of committing offenses. Dakṣa was open to such offenses, and therefore, strictly speaking, he was not actually favored by the Supreme Lord. One should not seek the favor of the Lord for unlimited potency in sex life.
TEXT 53
त्वतोऽधस्तात् प्रजाः सर्वा मिथुनीभूय मायया।
मदीयया भविष्यन्ति हरिष्यन्ति च मे बलिम् ॥५३॥
tvatto 'dhastāt prajāḥ sarvā mithunī-bhūya māyayā madīyayā bhaviṣyanti hariṣyanti ca me balim
tvattaḥ—you; adhastāt—after; prajāḥ—the living entities; sarvāḥ—all; mithunī-bhūya—having sex life; māyayā—because of the influence or facilities given by the illusory energy; madīyayā—My; bhaviṣyanti—they will become; hariṣyanti—they will offer; ca—also; me—unto Me; balim—presentations.