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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.33

దితిస్తు వ్రీడితా తేన కర్మావద్యేన భారత । ఉపసఙ్గమ్య విప్రర్షిమధోముఖ్యభ్యభాషత ॥ ౩౩ ॥
ditis tu vrīḍitā tena
[ditis tu vreeditaa tena]
karmāvadyena bhārata
[karmaavadyena bhaarata]
upasaṅgamya viprarṣim
[upasangamya viprarshim]
adho-mukhy abhyabhāṣata
[adho-mukhy abhyabhaashata]
Word-for-word
ditiḥ — Diti, the wife of Kaśyapa tu — but vrīḍitā — ashamed tena — by that karma — act avadyena — faulty bhārata — O son of the Bharata family upasaṅgamya — going nearer to vipra-ṛṣim — the brāhmaṇa sage adhaḥ-mukhī — with her face lowered abhyabhāṣata — politely said.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ditis tu vrīḍitā tena
ditiḥ
Diti, the wife of Kaśyapa
tu
but
vrīḍitā
ashamed
tena
by that
karmāvadyena bhārata
karma
act
avadyena
faulty
bhārata
O son of the Bharata family
upasaṅgamya viprarṣim
upasaṅgamya
going nearer to
vipra-ṛṣim
the brāhmaṇa sage
adho-mukhy abhyabhāṣata
adhaḥ-mukhī
with her face lowered
abhyabhāṣata
politely said.
O son of the Bharata family, Diti, after this, went nearer to her husband, her face lowered because of her faulty action. She spoke as follows.
Purport

When one is ashamed of an abominable action, one naturally becomes down-faced. Diti came to her senses after the abominable sexual intercourse with her husband. Such sexual intercourse is condemned as prostitution. In other words, sex life with one’s wife is equal to prostitution if the regulations are not properly followed.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Bhārata! Shamed by her faulty action, Diti approached the brāhmaṇa sage and spoke with lowered head. Karmāvadyena means “by faulty action.”
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