Text 38] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 787
TEXT 37
efa arredet areata: TAaTAAT |
qaIed aTENAT Fetta: aay Roll
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.
TEXT 38
TES ATTEN FCAT AAT |
BUT AIS ATTY THT TTA TOY 12
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-
