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semen and in the art of sexual intercourse. Therefore, just as a
person haunted by a ghost exhibits madness, the best of the he-
goats, attracted by the many she-goats, engaged in erotic activities
and naturally forgot his real business of self-realization.
PURPORT
Materialists are certainly very much attracted by sexual intercourse.
Yan maithunddi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham. Although one becomes
a grhastha, or householder, to enjoy sex life to his heart’s content, one is
never satisfied. Such a lusty materialist is like a goat, for it is said that if
goats meant for slaughter get the opportunity, they enjoy sex before
being killed. Human beings, however, are meant for self-realization.
tapo divyarh putraka yena sattvam
Suddhyed yasmad brahma-saukhyam tv anantam
Human life is meant for realization of the self, the spiritual soul within
the body (dehino ’smin yatha dehe). A materialistic rascal does not know
that he is not the body but a spiritual soul within the body. However, one
should understand his real position and cultivate knowledge by which to
get free from bodily entanglement. Like an unfortunate person who acts
madly, haunted by ghosts, a materialist haunted by the ghost of lust
forgets his real business so that he can enjoy so-called happiness in the
bodily concept of life.
TEXT 7
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THT AGA ARTS |
err HM ars TAKA Tq IN 9 I!
tam eva presthatamaya
ramamdanam ajanyaya
vilokya kitpa-sarnvigna
namrsyad basta-karma tat
tam—the he-goat; eva—indeed; presthatamaya—beloved; rama-

mdanam—engaged in sexual activities; aja—the she-goat; anyaya—with
