Text 38] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 787

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iti sdyantanim sandhyam
asurah pramadayatim
pralobhayantim jagrhur
matva mitdha-dhiyah striyam

iti—in this way; sdyantanim—the evening; sandhyam—twilight; asurah—
the demons; pramaddyatim—behaving like a wanton woman; pralobhayan-
tim—alluring; jagrhuh—seized; matva—thinking to be; miidha-dhiyah—
unintelligent; striyam—a woman.

TRANSLATION

The asuras, clouded in their understanding, took the evening twilight
to be a beautiful woman showing herself in her alluring form, and they
seized her.

PURPORT

The asuras are described here as mudha-dhiyah, meaning that they are
caplivated by ignorance, just like the ass. The demons were captivated by
the false glaring beauty of this material form, and thus they embraced her.

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prahasya bhava-gambhiram
jighrantyatmanam atmana

kdntyd sasarja bhagavan
gandharvapsarasam ganan

prahasya—smiling; bhava-gambhiram—with a deep purpose; jighrantya—
understanding; almanam—himself; atmana—by himself; kantya—by his
loveliness; sasarja—created; bhagavan—the worshipful Lord Brahma; gan-
