1036 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

tion of awoman, and therefore a woman becomes more and more beautiful
as she gives birth to one child after another. In the case of Satadruti,
however, she was so beautiful that she attracted the whole universe at her
marriage ceremony. Indeed, she attracted all the learned and exalted demi-
gods simply by the tinkling of her ankle bells. This indicates that all the
demigods wanted to see her beauty completely, but they were not able to
see it because she was fully dressed and covered with ornaments. Since
they could only see the feet of Satadruti, they became attracted by her
ankle bells, which tinkled as she walked. In other words, the demigods
became captivated by her simply by hearing the tinkling of her ankle bells.
They did not have to see her complete beauty. It is sometimes understood
that a person becomes lusty just by hearing the tinkling of bangles on the
hands of women, or the tinkling of ankle bells, or just by seeing a woman’s
sari. Thus it is concluded that woman is the complete representation of
maya. Although Visvamitra Muni was engaged in practicing mystic yoga
with closed eyes, his transcendental meditation was broken when he
heard the tinkling of bangles on the hands of Menaka. In this way
Visvamitra Muni became a victim of Menaka and fathered a child who
is universally celebrated as Sakuntala. The conclusion is that no one can
save himself from the attraction of woman, even though he be an exalted
demigod or an inhabitant of the higher planets. Only a devotee of the Lord,
who is attracted by Krsna, can escape the lures of woman. Once one is
attracted by Krsna, the illusory energy of the world cannot attract him.

TEXT 13

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pracinabarhisah putrah
satadrutyam dasabhavan
tulya-nama-vratah sarve
dharma-snatah pracetasah
pracinabarhisah—of King Pracinabarhi; putrah—sons; satadrutyam—in
the womb of Satadruti; dasa—ten; abhavan—became manifest; tulya—
equally ; nama—name; vratah—vow; sarve—all; dharma—religiosity ; snatah—
completely merged in; pracetasah—all of them being designated as Pracetas.

TRANSLATION

King Pracinabarhi begot ten children in the womb of Satadruti, and all
of them were equally endowed with religiosity, and all of them were known
as the Pracetas.
