Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.45
तस्मिन् विमान उत्कृष्टां शय्यां रतिकरीं श्रिता ।
न चाबुध्यत तं कालं पत्यापीच्येन सङ्गता ॥ ४५ ॥
tasmin vimāna utkṛṣṭāṁ
[tasmin vimaana utkrishtaam]
śayyāṁ rati-karīṁ śritā
[shayyaam rati-kareem shritaa]
na cābudhyata taṁ kālaṁ
[na chaabudhyata tam kaalam]
patyāpīcyena saṅgatā
[patyaapeechyena sangataa]
Word-for-word
tasmin
—
in that
vimāne
—
airplane
utkṛṣṭām
—
excellent
śayyām
—
a bed
rati-karīm
—
increasing sexual desires
śritā
—
situated on
na
—
not
ca
—
and
abudhyata
—
she noticed
tam
—
that
kālam
—
time
patyā
—
with her husband
apīcyena
—
most handsome
saṅgatā
—
in company.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmin vimāna utkṛṣṭāṁ
tasmin
in that
vimāne
airplane
utkṛṣṭām
excellent
śayyāṁ rati-karīṁ śritā
śayyām
a bed
rati-karīm
increasing sexual desires
śritā
situated on
na cābudhyata taṁ kālaṁ
na
not
ca
and
abudhyata
she noticed
tam
that
kālam
time
patyāpīcyena saṅgatā
patyā
with her husband
apīcyena
most handsome
saṅgatā
in company.
In that aerial mansion, Devahūti, in the company of her handsome husband, situated on an excellent bed that increased sexual desires, could not realize how much time was passing.
Purport
Sex indulgence is so enjoyable for materialistic people that when they engage in such activities they forget how time is passing. Saint Kardama and Devahūti, in their sex indulgence, also forgot how time was passing by.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Situated on an excellent bed which stimulated desire in that airplane, she did not notice that time had passed.
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Personal Guidance
The verse points beyond impersonal abstraction to a Lord who hears, acts, and relates. Spiritual life gets real once we stop talking about Him and start talking to Him.
Reflection Questions
- Whom do you actually address when you pray — a concept, or a person?
- What would change if you treated one possession this week as belonging to the Lord and on loan to you?
My note
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