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The Dynasty of Pāru
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TEXT 36
अन्तर्वत्न्यां भ्रातृपत्न्यां मैथुनाय बृहस्पतिः । प्रवृत्तो वारितो गर्भं शप्त्वा वीर्यमुपासृजत् ॥३६॥
antarvatnyām bhrātṛ-patnyām maithunāya bṛhaspatiḥ pravṛtto vārito garbham śaptvā vīryam upāsṛjat
antaḥ-vatnyām—pregnant; bhrātṛ-patnyām—with the brother's wife; maithunāya—desiring sexual enjoyment; bṛhaspatiḥ—the demigod named Bṛhaspati; pravṛttaḥ—so inclined; vāritaḥ—when forbidden to do so; garbham—the son within the abdomen; śaptvā—by cursing; vīryam—semen; upāsṛjat—discharged.
TRANSLATION
When the demigod named Bṛhaspati was attracted by his brother's wife, Mamatā, who at that time was pregnant, he desired to have sexual relations with her. The son within her womb forbid this, but Bṛhaspati cursed him and forcibly discharged semen into the womb of Mamatā.
PURPORT
The sex impulse is so strong in this material world that even Bṛhaspati, who is supposed to be the priest of the demigods and a very learned scholar, wanted to have a sexual relationship with his brother's pregnant wife. This can happen even in the society of the higher demigods, so what to speak of human society? The sex impulse is so strong that it can agitate even a learned personality like Bṛhaspati.
TEXT 37
तं त्यक्तुकामां ममतां भार्तुस्त्यागविशङ्किताम् । नामनिर्वाचनं तस्य श्लोकमेनं सुरा जगुः ॥३७॥