Text 41] The Birth of Lord Krsna 259

TEXT 40
Ta A gat Bera ae HATA FAT |
MPA ATARI Bat ATTAATAT 8 oll

gate mayi yuvarh labdhva
varam mat-sadrsam sutam

gramyan bhogan abhunjatham
yuvam praépta-manorathau

gate mayi—after My departure; yuvdm—both of you (husband and
wife); labdhvaé—after receiving; varam—the benediction of (having a
son); mat-sadrsam—exactly like Me; sutam—a son; gradmydan bhogan—
engagement in sex; abhunjatham—enjoyed; yuvdm—both of you;
prapta—having been achieved; manorathau—the desired result of your
aspirations.

TRANSLATION

After you received that benediction and I disappeared, you
engaged yourselves in sex to have a son like Me, and I fulfilled
your desire.

PURPORT

According to the Sanskrit dictionary Amara-koSa, sex life is also called
gradmya-dharma, material desire, but in spiritual life this gramya-
dharma, the material desire for sex, is not very much appreciated. If one
has a tinge of attachment for the material enjoyments of eating, sleeping,
mating and defending, one is not niskificana. But one really should be
niskificana. Therefore, one should be free from the desire to beget a
child like Krsna by sexual enjoyment. This is indirectly hinted at in this
verse.

TEXT 41
HEAT TH arsterayat: aA |
He AM arad gars ga ga: ive
