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TEXT 30
vilokyaikanta-bhutani
bhutany adau prajapatih
striyam cakre sva-dehardham
yaya pumsam matir hrta
SYNONYMS
vilokyaseeing; ekanta-bhutanidetached; bhutanithe living entities; adauin the beginning; prajapatihLord Brahma; striyamthe woman; cakrecreated; sva-dehaof his body; ardhamhalf; yayaby whom; pumsamof men; matihthe mind; hrtacarried away.
TRANSLATION
In the beginning of creation, Lord Brahma, the father of the living entities of the universe, saw that all the living entities were unattached. To increase population, he then created woman from the better half of mans body, for womans behavior carries away a mans mind.
PURPORT
This entire universe is going on under the spell of sexual attachment, which was created by Lord Brahma to increase the population of the entire universe, not only in human society but also in other species. As stated by Rsabhadeva in the Fifth Canto, pumsah striya mithuni-bhavam etam: the entire world is going on under the spell of sexual attraction and desire between man and woman. When man and woman unite, the hard knot of this attraction becomes increasingly tight, and thus a man is implicated in the materialistic way of life. This is the illusion of the material world. This illusion acted upon Kasyapa Muni, although he was very learned and advanced in spiritual knowledge. As stated in the Manu-samhita (2.215) and Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.19.17) :
A man should not associate with a woman in a solitary place, not even with his mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that they lead astray even a person advanced in knowledge. When a man remains in a solitary place with a woman, his sexual desires undoubtedly increase. Therefore the words ekanta-bhutani, which are used here, indicate that to avoid sexual desires one should avoid the company of women as far as possible. Sexual desire is so powerful that one is saturated with it if he stays in a solitary place with any woman, even his mother, sister or daughter.
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