Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.37
इति सायन्तनीं सन्ध्यामसुरा: प्रमदायतीम् ।
प्रलोभयन्तीं जगृहुर्मत्वा मूढधिय: स्त्रियम् ॥ ३७ ॥
iti sāyantanīṁ sandhyām
[iti saayantaneem sandhyaam]
asurāḥ pramadāyatīm
[asuraah pramadaayateem]
pralobhayantīṁ jagṛhur
[pralobhayanteem jagrihur]
matvā mūḍha-dhiyaḥ striyam
[matvaa moodha-dhiyah striyam]
Word-for-word
iti
—
in this way
sāyantanīm
—
the evening
sandhyām
—
twilight
asurāḥ
—
the demons
pramadāyatīm
—
behaving like a wanton woman
pralobhayantīm
—
alluring
jagṛhuḥ
—
seized
matvā
—
thinking to be
mūḍha-dhiyaḥ
—
unintelligent
striyam
—
a woman.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
iti sāyantanīṁ sandhyām
iti
in this way
sāyantanīm
the evening
sandhyām
twilight
asurāḥ pramadāyatīm
asurāḥ
the demons
pramadāyatīm
behaving like a wanton woman
pralobhayantīṁ jagṛhur
pralobhayantīm
alluring
jagṛhuḥ
seized
matvā mūḍha-dhiyaḥ striyam
matvā
thinking to be
mūḍha-dhiyaḥ
unintelligent
striyam
a woman.
The asuras, clouded in their understanding, took the evening twilight to be a beautiful woman showing herself in her alluring form, and they seized her.
Purport
The asuras are described here as mūḍha-dhiyaḥ, meaning that they are captivated by ignorance, just like the ass. The demons were captivated by the false, glaring beauty of this material form, and thus they embraced her.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
In this way the foolish demons accepted the twilight which stimulates lust to a woman of lusty conduct.
They imagined the twilight to be a woman of lusty conduct.
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