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TEXTS 56
sottirya kupat susroni
tam eva cakame kila
taya vrtam samudviksya
bahvyo jah kanta-kaminih
pivanam smasrulam prestham
midhvamsam yabha-kovidam
sa eko javrsas tasam
bahvinam rati-vardhanah
reme kama-graha-grasta
atmanam navabudhyata
SYNONYMS
sathe she-goat; uttiryagetting out; kupatfrom the well; su-sronipossessing very nice hips; tamunto the he-goat; evaindeed; cakamedesired to get as her husband; kilaindeed; tayaby her; vrtamaccepted; samudviksyaseeing; bahvyahmany others; ajahshe-goats; kanta-kaminihdesiring to get the he-goat as their husband; pivanamvery stout and strong; smasrulamhaving a very nice mustache and beard; presthamfirst-class; midhvamsamexpert in discharging semen; yabha-kovidamexpert in the art of sexual intercourse; sahthat he-goat; ekahalone; aja-vrsahthe hero of the goats; tasamof all the she-goats; bahvinama great number; rati-vardhanahcould increase the lusty desire; remehe enjoyed; kama-graha-grastahbeing haunted by the ghost of lusty desire; atmanamhis own self; nanot; avabudhyatacould understand.
TRANSLATION
When the she-goat, who had very nice hips, got out of the well and saw the very handsome he-goat, she desired to accept him as her husband. When she did so, many other she-goats also desired him as their husband because he had a very beautiful bodily structure and a nice mustache and beard and was expert in discharging semen and in the art of sexual intercourse. Therefore, just as a person haunted by a ghost exhibits madness, the best of the he-goats, attracted by the many she-goats, engaged in erotic activities and naturally forgot his real business of self-realization.
PURPORT
Materialists are certainly very much attracted by sexual intercourse. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [SB 7.9.45]. Although one becomes a grhastha, or householder, to enjoy sex life to his hearts content, one is never satisfied. Such a lusty materialist is like a goat, for it is said that if goats meant for slaughter get the opportunity, they enjoy sex before being killed. Human beings, however, are meant for self-realization.
Human life is meant for realization of the self, the spiritual soul within the body (dehino smin yatha dehe [Bg. 2.13]). A materialistic rascal does not know that he is not the body but a spiritual soul within the body. However, one should understand his real position and cultivate knowledge by which to get free from bodily entanglement. Like an unfortunate person who acts madly, haunted by ghosts, a materialist haunted by the ghost of lust forgets his real business so that he can enjoy so-called happiness in the bodily concept of life.
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