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Chapter 14: The Story of King Vena

Verse 25 of 44
SB 4.14.25

को यज्ञपुरुषो नाम यत्र वो भक्तिरीदृशी भर्तृस्नेहविदूराणां यथा जारे कुयोषिताम्

ko yajña-puruṣo nāma yatra vo bhaktir īdṛśī bhartṛ-sneha-vidūrāṇāṁ yathā jāre kuyoṣitām

Synonyms

kaḥwho (is); yajña-puruṣaḥthe enjoyer of all sacrifices; nāmaby name; yatraunto whom; vaḥyour; bhaktiḥdevotional service; īdṛśīso great; bhartṛfor the husband; snehaaffection; vidūrāṇāmbereft of; yathālike; jāreunto the paramour; ku-yoṣitāmof 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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