1184 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 25

TRANSLATION

O my dear hero, who in this world will not accept a husband like you?
You are so famous, so magnanimous, so beautiful and so easily gotten.

PURPORT

Every husband is certainly a great hero to his wife. In other words, if a
woman loves a man, that man appears very beautiful and magnanimous.
Unless one becomes beautiful in the eyes of another, one cannot dedicate
his whole life to another. The husband is considered very magnanimous
because he gives as many children to the wife as she likes. Every woman is
fond of children; therefore any husband who can please his wife by sex and
give her children is considered very magnanimous. Not only does the
husband become magnanimous by begetting children, but by giving his
wife ornaments, nice food and dresses, he keeps her completely under
submission. Such a satisfied wife will never give up the company of her
husband. Manu-samhitad recommends that to keep a wife satisfied a husband
should give her some ornaments because women are generally fond of home,
ornaments, dresses, children, etc. In this way the woman is the center of
all material enjoyment.

In this regard, the word vikhyatam is very significant. A man is always
famous for his aggression toward a beautiful woman, and such aggression
is sometimes considered rape. Although rape is not legally allowed, it is
a fact that a woman likes a man who is very expert at rape.

TEXT 42

BM Aad Bla Afar:
fan a astgaanieraa |
asaramaas giiga-
fanreta = arernfeay lel

kasyad manas te bhuvi bhogi-bhogayoh
striyad na sajjed bhujayor maha-bhuja

yo ’natha-vargadhim alam ghrnoddhata-
smitavalokena caraty apohitum

kasyah—whose; manah—mind; te—your; bhuvi—in this world; bhogi-
bhogayoh—like the body of a serpent; striyah—of a woman; na—not; sajjet
