Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 14 Verse 25

Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 14: The Story of King Vena

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.14.25

ko yajña-puruṣo nāma

yatra vo bhaktir īdṛśī

bhartṛ-sneha-vidūrāṇāḿ

yathā jāre kuyoṣitām

SYNONYMS

kaḥ — who (is); yajña-puruṣaḥ — the enjoyer of all sacrifices; nāma — by name; yatra — unto whom; vaḥ — your; bhaktiḥ — devotional service; īdṛśī — so great; bhartṛ — for the husband; sneha — affection; vidūrāṇām — bereft of; yathā — like; jāre — unto the paramour; ku-yoṣitām — of unchaste women.

TRANSLATION

You are so much devoted to the demigods, but who are they? Indeed, your affection for these demigods is exactly like the affection of an unchaste woman who neglects her married life and gives all attention to her paramour.

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