Text 40] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 237

kah—what; atikramah—offense; anuvartantyah—following; sva-
bhaévam—her nature; iha—here; yositah—of the woman; dhik—con-
demnation; ma@ém—unto me; bata—alas; abudham—not conversant;
sva-arthe—in what is good for me; yat—because; aham—I; tu—in-
deed; ajita-indriyah—unable to control my senses.

TRANSLATION

This woman, my wife, has adopted a means that follows her
nature, and therefore she is not to be blamed. But I am a man.
Therefore, all condemnation upon me! I am not at all conversant
with what is good for me, since I could not control my senses.

PURPORT

The natural instinct of a woman is to enjoy the material world. She in-
duces her husband to enjoy this world by satisfying his tongue, belly and
genitals, which are called jihvd, udara and upastha. A woman is expert
in cooking palatable dishes so that she can easily satisfy her husband in
eating. When one eats nicely, his belly is satisfied, and as soon as the
belly is satisfied the genitals become strong. Especially when a man is ac-
customed to eating meat and drinking wine and similar passionate
things, he certainly becomes sexually inclined. It should be understood
that sexual inclinations are meant not for spiritual progress but for glid-
ing down to hell. Thus Kasyapa Muni considered his situation and
lamented. In other words, to be a householder is very risky unless one is
trained and the wife is a follower of her husband. A husband should be
trained at the very beginning of his life. Kaumédra dcaret prajro
dharman bhdgavatan iha (Bhag. 7.6.1). During the time of
brahmacarya, or student life, a brahmacari should be taught to be ex-
pert in bhagavata-dharma, devotional service. Then when he marries, if
his wife is faithful to her husband and follows him in such life, the rela-
tionship between husband and wife is very desirable. However, a rela-
tionship between husband and wife without spiritual consciousness but
strictly for sense gratification is not at all good. It is said in Srimad-
Bhagavatam (12.2.3) that especially in this age, Kali-yuga, dam-patye
’bhirucir hetuh: the relationship between husband and wife will be based
on sexual power. Therefore householder life in this Kali-yuga is
