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semen and in the art of sexual intercourse. Therefore, just as a person haunted by a ghost exhibits madness, the best of the he-goats, attracted by the many she-goats, engaged in erotic activities and naturally forgot his real business of self-realization.
PURPORT
Materialists are certainly very much attracted by sexual intercourse.  Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham . Although one becomes a  gṛhastha , or householder, to enjoy sex life to his heart's content, one is never satisfied. Such a lusty materialist is like a goat, for it is said that if goats meant for slaughter get the opportunity, they enjoy sex before being killed. Human beings, however, are meant for self-realization.
tapo divyam putrakā yena sattvam śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyam tv anantam
Human life is meant for realization of the self, the spiritual soul within the body ( dehino 'smin yathā dehe ). A materialistic rascal does not know that he is not the body but a spiritual soul within the body. However, one should understand his real position and cultivate knowledge by which to get free from bodily entanglement. Like an unfortunate person who acts madly, haunted by ghosts, a materialist haunted by the ghost of lust forgets his real business so that he can enjoy so-called happiness in the bodily concept of life.
TEXT 7
तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया । विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद् बस्तकर्म तत् ॥ ७ ॥
tam eva preṣṭhatamayā ramamāṇam ajānyayā vilokya kūpa-saṁvignā nāmṛṣyad basta-karma tat
tam—the he-goat; eva—indeed; preṣṭhatamayā—beloved; rama-māṇam—engaged in sexual activities; ajā—the she-goat; anyayā—with