SB 9.6.52
TEXT 52
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TEXT
एकस्तपस्व्यहमथाम्भसि मत्स्यसङ्गात् पञ्चाशदासमुत पञ्चसहस्रसर्गः ।
नान्तं व्रजाम्युभयकृत्यमनोरथानां मायागुणैर्हृतमतिर्विषये ऽर्थभावः ॥ ५२ ॥ ekas tapasvy aham athambhasi matsya-saṅgat
pancasad asam uta panca-sahasra-sargah
nantam vrajamy ubhaya-krtya-manorathanam
maya-gunair hrta-matir visaye 'rtha-bhavah
ekah-one only; tapasvi-great sage; aham-I; atha-thus; ambhasi-in the deep water; matsya-saṅgat-by associating with the fish; pancasat-fifty; asam-got wives; uta-and what to speak of begetting one hundred sons in each of them; panca-sahasra-sargah-procreation of five thousand; na antam-no end; vrajami-I can find; ubhaya-krtya-duties of this life and the next; manorathanam-mental concoctions; maya-gunaih-influenced by the modes of material nature; hrta-lost; matih visaye-great attraction for material things; artha-bhavah-matters 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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