TEXT 52
ekas tapasvy aham athambhasi matsya-sangat
pancasad asam uta panca-sahasra-sargah
nantam vrajamy ubhaya-krtya-manorathanam
maya-gunair hrta-matir visaye rtha-bhavah
SYNONYMS
ekahone only; tapasvigreat sage; ahamI; athathus; ambhasiin the deep water; matsya-sangatby associating with the fish; pancasatfifty; asamgot wives; utaand what to speak of begetting one hundred sons in each of them; panca-sahasra-sargahprocreation of five thousand; na antamno end; vrajamiI can find; ubhaya-krtyaduties of this life and the next; manorathanammental concoctions; maya-gunaihinfluenced by the modes of material nature; hrtalost; matih visayegreat attraction for material things; artha-bhavahmatters of self-interest.
TRANSLATION
In the beginning I was alone and engaged in performing the austerities of mystic yoga, but later, because of the association of fish engaged in sex, I desired to marry. Then I became the husband of fifty wives, and in each of them I begot one hundred sons, and thus my family increased to five thousand members. By the influence of the modes of material nature, I became fallen and thought that I would be happy in material life. Thus there is no end to my material desires for enjoyment, in this life and the next.
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