Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.19.5-6
सोत्तीर्य कूपात् सुश्रोणी तमेव चकमे किल ।
तया वृतं समुद्वीक्ष्य बह्व्योऽजा: कान्तकामिनी: ॥ ५ ॥
पीवानं श्मश्रुलं प्रेष्ठं मीढ्वांसं याभकोविदम् ।
स एकोऽजवृषस्तासां बह्वीनां रतिवर्धन: ।
रेमे कामग्रहग्रस्त आत्मानं नावबुध्यत ॥ ६ ॥
sottīrya kūpāt suśroṇī
[sotteerya koopaat sushronee]
tam eva cakame kila
[tam eva chakame kila]
tayā vṛtaṁ samudvīkṣya
[tayaa vritam samudveekshya]
bahvyo ’jāḥ kānta-kāminīḥ
[bahvyo ’jaah kaanta-kaamineeh]
pīvānaṁ śmaśrulaṁ preṣṭhaṁ
[peevaanam shmashrulam preshtham]
mīḍhvāṁsaṁ yābha-kovidam
[meedhvaamsam yaabha-kovidam]
sa eko ’javṛṣas tāsāṁ
[sa eko ’javrishas taasaam]
bahvīnāṁ rati-vardhanaḥ
[bahveenaam rati-vardhanah]
reme kāma-graha-grasta
[reme kaama-graha-grasta]
ātmānaṁ nāvabudhyata
[aatmaanam naavabudhyata]
Word-for-word
sā
—
the she-goat
uttīrya
—
getting out
kūpāt
—
from the well
su-śroṇī
—
possessing very nice hips
tam
—
unto the he-goat
eva
—
indeed
cakame
—
desired to get as her husband
kila
—
indeed
tayā
—
by her
vṛtam
—
accepted
samudvīkṣya
—
seeing
bahvyaḥ
—
many others
ajāḥ
—
she-goats
kānta-kāminīḥ
—
desiring to get the he-goat as their husband
pīvānam
—
very stout and strong
śmaśrulam
—
having a very nice mustache and beard
preṣṭham
—
first-class
mīḍhvāṁsam
—
expert in discharging semen
yābha-kovidam
—
expert in the art of sexual intercourse
saḥ
—
that he-goat
ekaḥ
—
alone
aja-vṛṣaḥ
—
the hero of the goats
tāsām
—
of all the she-goats
bahvīnām
—
a great number
rati-vardhanaḥ
—
could increase the lusty desire
reme
—
he enjoyed
kāma-graha-grastaḥ
—
being haunted by the ghost of lusty desire
ātmānam
—
his own self
na
—
not
avabudhyata
—
could understand.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sottīrya kūpāt suśroṇī
tam eva cakame kila
tayā vṛtaṁ samudvīkṣya
sā
the she-goat
uttīrya
getting out
kūpāt
from the well
su-śroṇī
possessing very nice hips
bahvyo ’jāḥ kānta-kāminīḥ
tam
unto the he-goat
eva
indeed
cakame
desired to get as her husband
kila
indeed
pīvānaṁ śmaśrulaṁ preṣṭhaṁ
mīḍhvāṁsaṁ yābha-kovidam
sa eko ’javṛṣas tāsāṁ
tayā
by her
vṛtam
accepted
samudvīkṣya
seeing
bahvīnāṁ rati-vardhanaḥ
bahvyaḥ
many others
ajāḥ
she-goats
reme kāma-graha-grasta
kānta-kāminīḥ
desiring to get the he-goat as their husband
pīvānam
very stout and strong
śmaśrulam
having a very nice mustache and beard
preṣṭham
first-class
mīḍhvāṁsam
expert in discharging semen
ātmānaṁ nāvabudhyata
yābha-kovidam
expert in the art of sexual intercourse
saḥ
that he-goat
ekaḥ
alone
aja-vṛṣaḥ
the hero of the goats
tāsām
of all the she-goats
bahvīnām
a great number
rati-vardhanaḥ
could increase the lusty desire
reme
he enjoyed
kāma-graha-grastaḥ
being haunted by the ghost of lusty desire
ātmānam
his own self
na
not
avabudhyata
could understand.
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 maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham . Although one becomes a gṛhastha, or householder, to enjoy sex life to his heart’s 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.
tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam
Human life is meant for realization of the self, the spiritual soul within the body ( dehino ’smin yathā dehe ). 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.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Getting out of the well, the she-goat with attractive hips desired to accept him as her husband. When she did so, many other she-goats also desired him as their husband because he was big, had a mustache and beard, had abundant semen, and was expert at sexual intercourse. Haunted by the ghost of lust, the one hero among the he-goats, increasing his desire among many she-goats, engaged in erotic activities and naturally forgot his spiritual commitment.
Many she-goats who desired a lover (such as Śarmiṣṭhā) had a desire for him. Miḍhvāṁsaṁ means “one who impregnates semen.” He was expert in sex life (yābha-kovidam).
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Personal Guidance
Released, the she-goat accepts him; soon many others do too. Mutual attraction quickly opens into wider promiscuity — the goat's 'real business of self-realization' is forgotten as if a ghost had possessed him.
Reflection Questions
- What current involvement is quietly expanding into wider entanglements I did not foresee?
- Where has my 'real business' been forgotten under the influence of attraction-induced amnesia?
My note
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