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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 9]
her old age. In regard to this inquiry, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says that the question “To whom do You belong?” means “Whose daughter are You?” Since the demons could understand that the beautiful girl was still unmarried, every one of them desired to marry Her. Thus they inquired, “Whose daughter are You?”
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न वयं त्वामरैर्दैत्यैः सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणैः। नास्पृष्टपूर्वा जानीमो लोकेशैश्च कुतो नृभिः ॥ ४ ॥
na vayam tvāmarair daityaiḥ siddha-gandharva-cāraṇaiḥ nāsprṣṭa-pūrvām jānīmo lokeśaiś ca kuto nṛbhiḥ
na—it is not; vayam—we; tvā—unto You; amaraiḥ—by the demigods; daityaiḥ—by the demons; siddha—by the Siddhas; gandharva—by the Gandharvas; cāraṇaiḥ—and by the Cāraṇas; na—not; asprṣṭa-pūrvām—never enjoyed or touched by anyone; jānīmaḥ—know exactly; loka-īśaiḥ—by the various directors of the universe; ca—also; kutaḥ—what to speak of; nṛbhiḥ—by human society.
TRANSLATION
What to speak of human beings, even the demigods, demons, Siddhas, Gandharvas, Cāraṇas and the various directors of the universe, the Prajāpatis, have never touched You before. It is not that we are unable to understand Your identity.
PURPORT
Even the  asuras  observed the etiquette that no one should address a married woman with lust. The great analyst Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says,  mātrvat para-dāreṣu : one should consider another’s wife to be one’s mother. The  asuras , the demons, took it for granted that the beautiful young woman, Mohinī-mūrti, who had arrived before them, was certainly not married. Therefore they assumed that no one in the world, in-