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The Dynasty of Pāru
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ent in sexual desires that are not contrary to religious principles. The word  vidhinā  means, “according to religious principles.” The association of men and women according to religious principles is allowed in the Vedic culture. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we allow marriage on the basis of religious principles, but the sexual combination of men and women as friends is irreligious and is not allowed.
TEXT 17
अमोघवीर्यो राजर्षिर्महिष्यां वीर्यमादधे । 
  श्वोभूते स्वपुरं यातः कालेनास्त सा सुतम् ॥१७॥
amogha-vīryo rājarṣir 
  mahiṣyāṁ vīryam ādadhe 
  śvo-bhūte sva-puraṁ yātaḥ 
  kālenāsūta sā sutam
amogha-vīryaḥ —a person who discharges semen without being baffled, or, in other words, who must beget a child;  rāja-ṛṣiḥ —the saintly King Duṣmanta;  mahiṣyāṁ —into the Queen, Śakuntalā (after her marriage, Śakuntalā became the Queen);  vīryam —semen;  ādadhe —placed;  śvaḥ-bhūte —in the morning;  sva-puraṁ —to his own place;  yātaḥ —returned;  kālena —in due course of time;  asūta —gave birth;  sā —she (Śakuntalā);  sutam —to a son.
TRANSLATION
King Duṣmanta, who never discharged semen without a result, placed his semen at night in the womb of his Queen, Śakuntalā, and in the morning he returned to his palace. Thereafter, in due course of time, Śakuntalā gave birth to a son.
TEXT 18
कण्वः कुमारस्य वने चक्रे समुचिताः क्रियाः । 
  बद्ध्वा मृगेन्द्रंतरसा क्रीडति स स बालकः ॥१८॥