134 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 12

Jadikrtamh nrpa-srestha
sannyavartata kasmalat

skanne —when fully discharged; retasi—the semen; sah—Lord Siva;
apasyat—saw; Gtmanam—his own self; deva-mayaya—by the maya of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; jadikrtam—had become victimized
as a fool; nrpa-srestha—O best of kings (Maharaja Pariksit);
sannyavartata—restrained himself further; kasmalat—from illusion.

TRANSLATION

O Maharaja Pariksit, best of kings, when Lord Siva had fully dis-
charged semen, he could see how he himself had been victimized
by the illusion created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Thus he restrained himself from any further maya.

PURPORT

Once one is agitated by lusty desires upon seeing a woman, those
desires increase more and more, but when semen is discharged in the act
of sex, the lusty desires diminish. The same principle acted upon Lord
Siva. He was allured by the beautiful woman Mohini-mirti, but when his
semen had been fully discharged, he came to his senses and realized how
he had been victimized as soon as he saw the woman in the forest. If one
is trained to protect his semen by observing celibacy, naturally he is not
attracted by the beauty of a woman. If one can remain a brahmacari, he
saves himself so much trouble in material existence. Material existence
means enjoying the pleasure of sexual intercourse (yan maithunddi-
grhamedhi-sukham). If one is educated about sex life and is trained to
protect his semen, he is saved from the danger of material existence.

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athavagata-mahatmya
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