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| Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 12: The Mohini-murti Incarnation Bewilders Lord Siva |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.34
vaneshupavaneshu ca
SYNONYMS
sarit -- near the shores of the rivers; sarahsu -- and near the lakes; saileshu -- near the mountains; vaneshu -- in the forests; upavaneshu -- in the gardens or small forests; ca -- also; yatra -- wherever; kva -- anywhere; ca -- also; asan -- were exiting; rishayah -- great sages; tatra -- there; sannihitah -- was present; harah -- Lord Siva.
TRANSLATION
Following Mohini, Lord Siva went everywhere -- near the shores of the rivers and lakes, near the mountains, near the forests, near the gardens, and wherever there lived great sages.
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that Mohini-murti dragged Lord Siva to so many places, especially to where the great sages lived, to instruct the sages that their Lord Siva had become mad for a beautiful woman. Thus although they were all great sages and saintly persons, they should not think themselves free, but should remain extremely cautious about beautiful women. No one should think himself liberated in the presence of a beautiful woman. The sastras enjoin:
naviviktasano bhavet
"One should not stay in a solitary place with a woman, even if she be his mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so uncontrollably powerful that in the presence of a woman one may become agitated, even if he is very learned and advanced." (Bhag. 9.19.17)
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness