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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 3]
devotee of the Lord. To attain this perfection, one must consult Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is understood to be the ripe fruit of the Vedic desire tree ( nigama-kalpa-taror galitam phalam ).
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ग्रहं ग्रहीष्ये सोमस्य यज्ञे वामप्यसोमपोः । क्रियतां मे वयो रूपं प्रमदानां यदीप्सितम् ॥१२॥
graham grahīṣye somasya yajñe vām apy asoma-poḥ kriyatām me vayo-rūpam pramadānām yad īpsitam
graham —a full pot;  grahīṣye —I shall give;  somasya —of  soma-rasa ;  yajñe —in sacrifice;  vām —of both of you;  api —although;  asoma-poḥ —of you two, who are not eligible to drink  soma-rasa ;  kriyatām —just execute;  me —my;  vayaḥ —young age;  rūpam —beauty of a young man;  pramadānām —of women as a class;  yat —which is;  īpsitam —desirable.
TRANSLATION
Cyavana Muni said: Although you are ineligible to drink  soma-rasa  in sacrifices, I promise to give you a full pot of it. Kindly arrange beauty and youth for me, because they are attractive to young women.
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बाढमित्यूचतुर्विप्रमभिनन्द्य भिषक्तमौ । निमज्जतां भवानसिन् हृदे सिद्धविनिर्मिते ॥१३॥
bāḍham ity ūcatur vipram abhinandya bhiṣaktamau nimajjatām bhavān asmin hrade siddha-vinirmite
bāḍham —yes, we shall act;  iti —thus;  ūcatuḥ —they both replied, accepting the proposal of Cyavana;  vipram —unto the  brāhmaṇa