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| Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 31: Lord Kapila's Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.31.37
tat-srishta-srishta-srishteshu
yoshin-mayyeha mayaya
SYNONYMS
tat -- by Brahma; srishta-srishta-srishteshu -- amongst all living entities begotten; kah -- who; nu -- indeed; akhandita -- not distracted; dhih -- his intelligence; puman -- male; rishim -- the sage; narayanam -- Narayana; rite -- except; yoshit-mayya -- in the form of a woman; iha -- here; mayaya -- by maya.
TRANSLATION
Amongst all kinds of living entities begotten by Brahma, namely men, demigods and animals, none but the sage Narayana is immune to the attraction of maya in the form of woman.
PURPORT
The first living creature is Brahma himself, and from him were created sages like Marici, who in their turn created Kasyapa Muni and others, and Kasyapa Muni and the Manus created different demigods and human beings, etc. But there is none among them who is not attracted by the spell of maya in the form of woman. Throughout the entire material world, beginning from Brahma down to the small, insignificant creatures like the ant, everyone is attracted by sex life. That is the basic principle of this material world. Lord Brahma's being attracted by his daughter is the vivid example that no one is exempt from sexual attraction to woman. Woman, therefore, is the wonderful creation of maya to keep the conditioned soul in shackles.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness