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her old age. In regard to this inquiry, Srila Viévanatha Cakravarti
Thakura says that the question “To whom do You belong?” means
“Whose daughter are You?”’ Since the demons could understand that the
beautiful girl was still unmarried, every one of them desired to marry
Her. Thus they inquired, ““Whose daughter are You?”

TEXT 4
a ad amie: fagaeraa: |
ARIE aN Stary GA TAA Uv Ul

na vayam tvdmarair daityaih
siddha-gandharva-caranaih

nasprsta-piirvam janimo
lokesais ca kuto nrbhih

na—it is not; vayam—we; tvd—unto You; amaraih—by the
demigods; daityaih—by the demons; siddha—by the Siddhas;
gandharva—by the Gandharvas; ca@ranaih—and by the Caranas; na—
not; asprsta-pirvam—never enjoyed or touched by anyone; janimah—
know exactly; loka-isaih—by the various directors of the universe; ca—
also; kutah—what to speak of; nrbhih—by human society.

TRANSLATION

What to speak of human beings, even the demigods, demons,
Siddhas, Gandharvas, Caranas and the various directors of the uni-
verse, the Prajapatis, have never touched You before. It is not that
we are unable to understand Your identity. :

PURPORT

Even the asuras observed the etiquette that no one should address a
married woman with lust. The great analyst Canakya Pandita says,
matrvat para-daresu: one should consider another’s wife to be one’s
mother. The asuras, the demons, took it for granted that the beautiful
young woman, Mohini-miarti, who had arrived before them, was cer-
tainly not married. Therefore they assumed that no one in the world, in-
