1242 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 26

TEXT 26

ay TIE GEE: HatafearTs
ai TI TTA STAATATA |

el tat aad Fqaraa-
frereatioadt a AIT HA |1REII

tan me prasida suhrdah krta-kilbisas ya
svairam gatas ya mrgayam vyasanaturas ya

ka devaramn vasa-gatarn kusumdstra-vega-
visrasta-paunsnam uSati na bhajeta krtye

tat—therefore; me—unto me; prasida—be kind; su-hrdah—intimate friend;
krta-kilbisasya—having committed sinful activities; svairam—independently ;
gatasya—who went; mrgaydm—hunting; vyasana-aturas ya— being influenced
by sinful desire; ka—what woman; devaram—the husband; vasa-gatam—
under her control; kusumdstra-vega—pierced by the arrow of Cupid;
visrasta—scattered; paumsnam—his patience; usati—very beautiful; na—
never; bhajeta—would embrace; krtye—in proper duty.

TRANSLATION

My dear Queen, due to my sinful desires I went to the forest to hunt
without asking you. Therefore I must admit that I have offended you.
Nonetheless, thinking of me as your most intimate subordinate, you should
still be very much pleased with me. Factually I am very much bereaved,
but being pierced by the arrow of Cupid, I am feeling lusty. But where is
the beautiful woman who would give up her lusty husband and refuse to
unite with him?

PURPORT

Both man and woman desire one another; that is the basic principle of
material existence. Women in general always keep themselves beautiful
so that they can be attractive to their lusty husbands. When a lusty husband
comes before his wife, the wife takes advantage of his aggressive activities
and enjoys life. Generally when a woman is attacked by a man—whether
her husband or some other man—she enjoys the attack, being too lusty.
In other words, when one’s intelligence is properly utilized, both the
intellect and the intelligent person enjoy one another with great satis-
faction. As stated in Senn haantion: yan maithunadi grhamedhi-
