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Chapter 19: King Yayāti Achieves Liberation

Verse 7 of 27
SB 9.19.7

तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद्बस्तकर्म तत्

tam eva preṣṭhatamayā ramamāṇam ajānyayā vilokya kūpa-saṁvignā nāmṛṣyad basta-karma tat

Synonyms

tam—the he-goat; eva—indeed; preṣṭhatamayā—beloved; ramamāṇam—engaged in sexual activities; ajā—the she-goat; anyayā—with another she-goat; vilokya—by seeing; kūpa-saṁvignā—the she-goat who had fallen into the well; na—not; amṛṣyat—tolerated; basta-karma—the business of the goat; tat—that (sex is accepted here as the business of the goat)..

Translation

When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not tolerate the goat's activities.

Verse 7 of 27