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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.23

దేవోఽదేవాఞ్జఘనత: సృజతి స్మాతిలోలుపాన్ । త ఏనం లోలుపతయా మైథునాయాభిపేదిరే ॥ ౨౩ ॥
devo ’devāṣ jaghanataḥ
[devo ’devaash jaghanatah]
sṛjati smātilolupān
[srijati smaatilolupaan]
ta enaṁ lolupatayā
[ta enam lolupatayaa]
maithunāyābhipedire
[maithunaayaabhipedire]
devaḥ — Lord Brahmā adevān — demons jaghanataḥ — from his buttocks sṛjati sma — gave birth ati-lolupān — excessively fond of sex te — they enam — Lord Brahmā lolupatayā — with lust maithunāya — for copulation abhipedire — approached.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
devo ’devāṣ jaghanataḥ
devaḥ
Lord Brahmā
adevān
demons
jaghanataḥ
from his buttocks
sṛjati smātilolupān
sṛjati sma
gave birth
ati-lolupān
excessively fond of sex
te
they
ta enaṁ lolupatayā
enam
Lord Brahmā
lolupatayā
with lust
maithunāyābhipedire
maithunāya
for copulation
abhipedire
approached.
Lord Brahmā then gave birth to the demons from his buttocks, and they were very fond of sex. Because they were too lustful, they approached him for copulation.

Sex life is the background of material existence. Here also it is repeated that demons are very fond of sex life. The more one is free from the desire for sex, the more he is promoted to the level of the demigods; the more one is inclined to enjoy sex, the more he is degraded to the level of demoniac life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Brahmā’ created the Daityas from his buttocks. They were lusty for women and, desiring sex, pursued Brahmā. Then in Brahmā’s mind lust, the mentality of rajas, appeared. From that the demons appeared. That mentality became the sandhyā. The demons accepted that sandhyā. Adevān refers to the demons. Śruti says sa jaghanād asurān asṛjata: he created the demons from his buttocks. From lust arises great evil: they pursued Brahmā.
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