TEXT 26
tan me prasida suhrdah krta-kilbisasya
svairam gatasya mrgayam vyasanaturasya
ka devaram vasa-gatam kusumastra-vega-
visrasta-paumsnam usati na bhajeta krtye
SYNONYMS
tattherefore; meunto me; prasidabe kind; su-hrdahintimate friend; krta-kilbisasyahaving committed sinful activities; svairamindependently; gatasyawho went; mrgayamhunting; vyasana-aturasyabeing influenced by sinful desire; kawhat woman; devaramthe husband; vasa-gatamunder her control; kusuma-astra-vegapierced by the arrow of Cupid; visrastascattered; paumsnamhis patience; usativery beautiful; nanever; bhajetawould embrace; krtyein proper duty.
TRANSLATION
My dear Queen, due to my sinful desires I went to the forest to hunt without asking you. Therefore I must admit that I have offended you. Nonetheless, thinking of me as your most intimate subordinate, you should still be very much pleased with me. Factually I am very much bereaved, but being pierced by the arrow of Cupid, I am feeling lusty. But where is the beautiful woman who would give up her lusty husband and refuse to unite with him?
PURPORT
Both man and woman desire one another; that is the basic principle of material existence. Women in general always keep themselves beautiful so that they can be attractive to their lusty husbands. When a lusty husband comes before his wife, the wife takes advantage of his aggressive activities and enjoys life. Generally when a woman is attacked by a manwhether her husband or some other manshe enjoys the attack, being too lusty. In other words, when ones intelligence is properly utilized, both the intellect and the intelligent person enjoy one another with great satisfaction. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.9.45):
The actual happiness of the karmis is sex life. They work very hard outside the home, and to satiate their hard labor, they come home to enjoy sex life. King Puranjana went to the forest to hunt, and after his hard labor he returned home to enjoy sex life. If a man lives outside the home and spends a week in a city or somewhere else, at the end of the week he becomes very anxious to return home and enjoy sex with his wife. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam: yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [SB 7.9.45]. Karmis work very hard simply to enjoy sex. Modern human society has improved the materialistic way of life simply by inducing unrestricted sex life in many different ways. This is most prominently visible in the Western world.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Twenty-sixth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled King Puranjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry.
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