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TEXTS 3334
upyamanam muhuh ksetram
svayam nirviryatam iyat
na kalpate punah sutyai
uptam bijam ca nasyati
evam kamasayam cittam
kamanam atisevaya
virajyeta yatha rajann
agnivat kama-bindubhih
SYNONYMS
upyamanambeing cultivated; muhuhagain and again; ksetrama field; svayamitself; nirviryatambarrenness; iyatmay obtain; na kalpateis not suitable; punahagain; sutyaifor growing further harvests; uptamsown; bijamthe seed; caand; nasyatiis spoiled; evamin this way; kama-asayamfull of lusty desires; cittamthe core of the heart; kamanamof the desirable objects; ati-sevayaby enjoyment over and over again; virajyetamay become detached; yathajust as; rajanO King; agni-vata fire; kama-bindubhihby small drops of clarified butter.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, if an agricultural field is cultivated again and again, the power of its production decreases, and whatever seeds are sown there are lost. Just as drops of ghee on a fire never extinguish the fire but a flood of ghee will, similarly, overindulgence in lusty desires mitigates such desires entirely.
PURPORT
If one continuously sprinkles drops of ghee on a fire, the fire will not be extinguished, but if one suddenly puts a lump of ghee on a fire, the fire may possibly be extinguished entirely. Similarly, those who are too sinful and have thus been born in the lower classes are allowed to enjoy sinful activities fully, for thus there is a chance that these activities will become detestful to them, and they will get the opportunity to be purified.
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