1162 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch, 25
vastrantena nigithantim
vridayd gaja-gaminim
stanau— breasts; vyaiijita— indicating; kaisorau— new youth; sama-urttau—
equally round; nirantarau—fixed close, side by side; vastra-antena—
by the end of the sari;nigihantim— trying to cover ;vridaya— out of shyness;
gaja-gaminim—walking just like a great elephant.
TRANSLATION
With the end of her sari the woman was trying to cover her breasts,
which were equally round and well-placed side by side. She again and
again tried to cover them out of shyness while she walked exactly like a
great elephant.
PURPORT
The two breasts represent attachment and envy. The symptoms of raga
and dvesa (attachment and envy) are described in Bhagavad-gita:
indriyasyendriyasyarthe
raga-dvesau vyavasthitau
tayor na vasam dgacchet
tau hy asya paripanthinau
‘Attraction and repulsion for sense objects are felt by embodied beings,
but one should not fall under the control of senses and sense objects because
they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization.” (Bg. 3.34)
These representatives of attachment and envy are very much unfavorable
for advancement in spiritual life. One should not be attracted by the breasts
of young women. The great saint Sarikaracarya has described the breasts of
women, especially young women, as nothing but a combination of muscles
and blood, so one should not be attracted by the illusory energy of raised
breasts with nipples. They are agents of mayd meant to victimize the
opposite sex. Because the breasts are equally attractive, they are described
as sama-urttau. The sex impulse remains in an old man’s heart also, even
up to the point of death. To be rid of such agitation, one must be very
much advanced in spiritual consciousness, like Yamunacarya, who said:
yadavadhi mama cetah krsna-padaravinde
nava-nava-rasa-dhamany udyatam rantum asit
tadavadhi bata nari-satigame smaryamdne
bhavati mukha-vikdrah susthu nisthivanam ca
