Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9 Chapter 20 Verse 36

Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 20: The Dynasty of Pūru

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.20.36

antarvatnyāḿ bhrātṛ-patnyāḿ

maithunāya bṛhaspatiḥ

pravṛtto vārito garbhaḿ

śaptvā vīryam upāsṛjat

SYNONYMS

antaḥ-vatnyām — pregnant; bhrātṛ-patnyām — with the brother's wife; maithunāya — desiring sexual enjoyment; bṛhaspatiḥ — the demigod named Bṛhaspati; pravṛttaḥ — so inclined; vāritaḥ — when forbidden to do so; garbham — the son within the abdomen; śaptvā — by cursing; vīryam — semen; upāsṛjat — discharged.

TRANSLATION

When the demigod named Bṛhaspati was attracted by his brother's wife, Mamatā, who at that time was pregnant, he desired to have sexual relations with her. The son within her womb forbid this, but Bṛhaspati cursed him and forcibly discharged semen into the womb of Mamatā.

PURPORT

The sex impulse is so strong in this material world that even Bṛhaspati, who is supposed to be the priest of the demigods and a very learned scholar, wanted to have a sexual relationship with his brother's pregnant wife. This can happen even in the society of the higher demigods, so what to speak of human society? The sex impulse is so strong that it can agitate even a learned personality like Bṛhaspati.

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