62 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 19

another she-goat; vilokya—by seeing; kiipa-samvignad—the she-goat
who had fallen into the well; na—not; amrsyat—tolerated; basta-
karma—the business of the goat; tat—that (sex is accepted here as the
business of the goat).

TRANSLATION

When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved
goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not
tolerate the goat’s activities.

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tam durhrdam suhrd-riipam
kaminam ksana-sauhrdam

indriyaramam utsryjya
svaminam duhkhita yayau

tam—him (the he-goat); durhrdam—cruel hearted; suhrt-ripam—
pretending to be a friend; kdminam—very lusty; ksana-sauhrdam—
having friendship for the time being; indriya-Gdramam—interested only
in sense gratification or sensuality; uésrjya—giving up; svaminam—to
her present husband, or to the former maintainer; duhkhita—being very
much aggrieved; yayau—she left.

TRANSLATION

Aggrieved by her husband’s behavior with another, the she-goat
thought that the he-goat was not actually her friend but was hard-
hearted and was her friend only for the time being. Therefore,
because her husband was lusty, she left him and returned to her
former maintainer.

PURPORT

The word svdminam is significant. Suami means “caretaker” or
“‘master.”” Devayani was cared for by Sukracarya before her marriage,
