Text 38] The Movements of the Living Entities 1353

TRANSLATION

Amongst all kinds of living entities begotten by Brahma, namely men,
demigods, and animals, none but the sage Narayana is immune to the
attraction of maya in the form of woman.

PURPORT

The first living creature is Brahma himself, and from him were created
sages like Marici, who in their turn created Kagyapa Muni and others, and
Kasgyapa Muni and the Manus created different demigods and human
beings, etc. But there is none among them who is not attracted by the
spell of maya in the form of woman. Throughout the entire material
world, beginning from Brahma down to the small insignificant creatures
like the ant, everyone is attracted by sex life. That is the basic principle of
this material world. Lord Brahma’s being attracted by his daughter is the
vivid example that no one is exempt from sexual attraction to woman.
Woman, therefore, is the wonderful creation of maya to keep the con-
ditioned soul in shackles.

TEXT 38

SF THT TATT: BT STAT ATT |
Tafa Te TERT TATA FART RCI

balan me pasya mayayah
stri-mayyd jayino digsém

yd karoti padakrantan
bhrivi-jrmbhena kevalam

balam—the strength; me—My; pasya—behold; mdydyadh—of maya; stri-
mayy@éh—in the shape of a woman; jayinah—conquerors; disam—of all
directions; ya—who; karoti~makes; pada-akrantan—following at her heels;
bhrivi—of her eyebrows; jrmbhena—by the movement; kevalam— merely.

TRANSLATION

Just try to understand the mighty strength of My maya in the shape of
woman, who by the mere movement of her eyebrows can keep even the
greatest conquerors of the world under her grip.
