TEXT 4
nivasa-toya-dravinatma-buddhis
tatas tato dhavati bho atavyam
kvacic ca vatyotthita-pamsu-dhumra
diso na janati rajas-valaksah
SYNONYMS
nivasaresidential place; toyawater; dravinawealth; atma-buddhihwho considers these material things the atma, or self; tatah tatahhere and there; dhavatihe runs; bhohO King; atavyamon that forest path of material existence; kvacit caand sometimes; vatyaby the whirlwind; utthitaraised; pamsuby dust; dhumrahappear smoke-colored; disahthe directions; nanot; janatiknows; rajah-vala-aksahwhose eyes are covered by the dust of the wind or who is captivated by his wife during her menstrual period.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, the merchant on the forest path of the material world, his intelligence victimized by home, wealth, relatives and so forth, runs from one place to another in search of success. Sometimes his eyes are covered by the dust of a whirlwindthat is to say, in his lust he is captivated by the beauty of his wife, especially during her menstrual period. Thus his eyes are blinded, and he cannot see where to go or what he is doing.
PURPORT
It is said that household attraction resides in the wife because sex is the center of household life: yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [SB 7.9.45]. A materialistic person, making his wife the center of attraction, works very hard day and night. His only enjoyment in material life is sexual intercourse. Therefore karmis are attracted to women as friends or wives. Indeed, they cannot work without sex. Under the circumstances the wife is compared to a whirlwind, especially during her menstrual period. Those who strictly follow the rules and regulations of householder life engage in sex only once a month, at the end of the menstrual period. As one looks forward to this opportunity, his eyes are overwhelmed by the beauty of his wife. Thus it is said that the whirlwind covers the eyes with dust. Such a lusty person does not know that all his material activities are being observed by different demigods, especially the sun-god, and are being recorded for the karma of ones next body. Astrological calculations are called jyoti-sastra. Because the jyoti, or effulgence, in the material world comes from the different stars and planets, the science is called jyoti-sastra, the science of the luminaries. By the calculations of jyoti, our future is indicated. In other words, all the luminariesthe stars, sun and moonwitness the activities of the conditioned soul. Thus he is awarded a particular type of body. A lusty, person whose eyes are covered by the dust of the whirlwind or material existence does not at all consider that his activities are being observed by different stars and planets and are being recorded. Not knowing this, the conditioned soul commits all kinds of sinful activities for the satisfaction of his lusty desires.

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