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sri-suka uvaca
sa ittham acaran kaman
straino ‘pahnavam atmanah
buddhva priyayai nirvinno
gatham etam agayata
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O Maharaja Pariksit, Yayati was very much
attached to woman. In due course of time, however, when disgusted with
sexual enjoyment and its bad effects, he renounced this way of life and
narrated the following story to his beloved wife.
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srnu bhargavy amum gatham
mad-vidhacaritam bhuvi
dhira yasyanusocanti
vane grama-nivasinah
My dearly beloved wife, daughter of Sukracarya, in this world there
was someone exactly like me. Please listen as I narrate the history of
his life. By hearing about the life of such a householder, those who have
retired from householder life always lament.
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basta eko vane kascid
vicinvan priyam atmanah
dadarsa kupe patitam
sva-karma-vasagam ajam
While wandering in the forest, eating to satisfy his senses, a he-goat
by chance approached a well, in which he saw a she-goat standing
helplessly, having fallen into it by the influence of the results of
fruitive activities.
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tasya uddharanopayam
bastah kami vicintayan
vyadhatta tirtham uddhrtya
visanagrena rodhasi
After planning how to get the she-goat out of the well, the lusty hegoat
dug up the earth on the well’s edge with the point of his horns in
such a way that she was able to come out very easily.
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sottirya kupat susroni
tam eva cakame kila
taya vrtam samudviksya
bahvyo ‘jah kanta-kaminih
pivanam smasrulam prestham
midhvamsam yabha-kovidam
sa eko ‘javrsas tasam
bahvinam rati-vardhanah
reme kama-graha-grasta
atmanam navabudhyata
When the she-goat, who had very nice hips, got out of the well and saw
the very handsome he-goat, she desired to accept him as her husband. When
she did so, many other she-goats also desired him as their husband
because he had a very beautiful bodily structure and a nice mustache and
beard and was expert in discharging semen and in the art of sexual
intercourse. Therefore, just as a person haunted by a ghost exhibits
madness, the best of the he-goats, attracted by the many she-goats,
engaged in erotic activities and naturally forgot his real business of
self-realization.
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tam eva presthatamaya
ramamanam ajanyaya
vilokya kupa-samvigna
namrsyad basta-karma tat
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.
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tam durhrdam suhrd-rupam
kaminam ksana-sauhrdam
indriyaramam utsrjya
svaminam duhkhita yayau
Aggrieved by her husband’s behavior with another, the she-goat thought
that the he-goat was not actually her friend but was hardhearted and was
her friend only for the time being. Therefore, because her husband was
lusty, she left him and returned to her former maintainer.
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so ‘pi canugatah strainah
krpanas tam prasaditum
kurvann idavida-karam
nasaknot pathi sandhitum
Being very sorry, the he-goat, who was subservient to his wife,
followed the she-goat on the road and tried his best to flatter her, but
he could not pacify her.
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tasya tatra dvijah kascid
aja-svamy acchinad rusa
lambantam vrsanam bhuyah
sandadhe ‘rthaya yogavit
The she-goat went to the residence of a brahmana who was the
maintainer of another she-goat, and that brahmana angrily cut off the hegoat’s
dangling testicles. But at the he-goat’s request, the brahmana
later rejoined them by the power of mystic yoga.
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sambaddha-vrsanah so ‘pi
hy ajaya kupa-labdhaya
kalam bahu-titham bhadre
kamair nadyapi tusyati
My dear wife, when the he-goat had his testicles restored, he enjoyed
the she-goat he had gotten from the well, but although he continued to
enjoy for many, many years, even now he has not been fully satisfied.
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tathaham krpanah subhru
bhavatyah prema-yantritah
atmanam nabhijanami
mohitas tava mayaya
O my dear wife with beautiful eyebrows, I am exactly like that hegoat,
for I am so poor in intelligence that I am captivated by your
beauty and have forgotten the real task of self-realization.
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yat prthivyam vrihi-yavam
hiranyam pasavah striyah
na duhyanti manah-pritim
pumsah kama-hatasya te
A person who is lusty cannot satisfy his mind even if he has enough of
everything in this world, including rice, barley and other food grains,
gold, animals and women. Nothing can satisfy him.
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na jatu kamah kamanam
upabhogena samyati
havisa krsna-vartmeva
bhuya evabhivardhate
As supplying butter to a fire does not diminish the fire but instead
increases it more and more, the endeavor to stop lusty desires by
continual enjoyment can never be successful. [In fact, one must
voluntarily cease from material desires.]
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yada na kurute bhavam
sarva-bhutesv amangalam
sama-drstes tada pumsah
sarvah sukhamaya disah
When a man is nonenvious and does not desire ill fortune for anyone,
he is equipoised. For such a person, all directions appear happy.
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ya dustyaja durmatibhir
jiryato ya na jiryate
tam trsnam duhkha-nivaham
sarma-kamo drutam tyajet
For those who are too attached to material enjoyment, sense
gratification is very difficult to give up. Even when one is an invalid
because of old age, one cannot give up such desires for sense
gratification. Therefore, one who actually desires happiness must give up
such unsatisfied desires, which are the cause of all tribulations.
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matra svasra duhitra va
naviviktasano bhavet
balavan indriya-gramo
vidvamsam api karsati
One should not allow oneself to sit on the same seat even with one’s
own mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that even
though one is very advanced in knowledge, he may be attracted by sex.
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purnam varsa-sahasram me
visayan sevato ‘sakrt
tathapi canusavanam
trsna tesupajayate
I have spent a full one thousand years enjoying sense gratification,
yet my desire to enjoy such pleasure increases daily.
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tasmad etam aham tyaktva
brahmany adhyaya manasam
nirdvandvo nirahankaras
carisyami mrgaih saha
Therefore, I shall now give up all these desires and meditate upon the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Free from the dualities of mental
concoction and free from false prestige, I shall wander in the forest
with the animals.
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drstam srutam asad buddhva
nanudhyayen na sandiset
samsrtim catma-nasam ca
tatra vidvan sa atma-drk
One who knows that material happiness, whether good or bad, in this
life or in the next, on this planet or on the heavenly planets, is
temporary and useless, and that an intelligent person should not try to
enjoy or even think of such things, is the knower of the self. Such a
self-realized person knows quite well that material happiness is the very
cause of continued material existence and forgetfulness of one’s own
constitutional position.
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ity uktva nahuso jayam
tadiyam purave vayah
dattva sva-jarasam tasmad
adade vigata-sprhah
Sukadeva Gosvami said: After speaking in this way to his wife,
Devayani, King Yayati, who was now free from all material desires, called
his youngest son, Puru, and returned Puru’s youth in exchange for his own
old age.
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disi daksina-purvasyam
druhyum daksinato yadum
praticyam turvasum cakra
udicyam anum isvaram
King Yayati gave the southeast to his son Druhyu, the south to his son
Yadu, the west to his son Turvasu, and the north to his son Anu. In this
way he divided the kingdom.
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bhu-mandalasya sarvasya
purum arhattamam visam
abhisicyagrajams tasya
vase sthapya vanam yayau
Yayati enthroned his youngest son, Puru, as the emperor of the entire
world and the proprietor of all its riches, and he placed all the other
sons, who were older than Puru, under Puru’s control.
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asevitam varsa-pugan
sad-vargam visayesu sah
ksanena mumuce nidam
jata-paksa iva dvijah
Having enjoyed sense gratification for many, many years, O King
Pariksit, Yayati was accustomed to it, but he gave it up entirely in a
moment, just as a bird flies away from the nest as soon as its wings have
grown.
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sa tatra nirmukta-samasta-sanga
atmanubhutya vidhuta-trilingah
pare ‘male brahmani vasudeve
lebhe gatim bhagavatim pratitah
Because King Yayati completely surrendered unto the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, he was freed from all contamination of
the material modes of nature. Because of his self-realization, he was
able to fix his mind upon the Transcendence [Parabrahman, Vasudeva], and
thus he ultimately achieved the position of an associate of the Lord.
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srutva gatham devayani
mene prastobham atmanah
stri-pumsoh sneha-vaiklavyat
parihasam iveritam
When Devayani heard Maharaja Yayati’s story of the he-goat and shegoat,
she understood that this story, which was presented as if a funny
joke for entertainment between husband and wife, was intended to awaken
her to her constitutional position.
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sa sannivasam suhrdam
prapayam iva gacchatam
vijnayesvara-tantranam
maya-viracitam prabhoh
sarvatra sangam utsrjya
svapnaupamyena bhargavi
krsne manah samavesya
vyadhunol lingam atmanah
Thereafter, Devayani, the daughter of Sukracarya, understood that the
materialistic association of husband, friends and relatives is like the
association in a hotel full of tourists. The relationships of society,
friendship and love are created by the maya of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, exactly as in a dream. By the grace of Krsna, Devayani gave up
her imaginary position in the material world. Completely fixing her mind
upon Krsna, she achieved liberation from the gross and subtle bodies.
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namas tubhyam bhagavate
vasudevaya vedhase
sarva-bhutadhivasaya
santaya brhate namah
O Lord Vasudeva, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the creator
of the entire cosmic manifestation. You live as the Supersoul in
everyone’s heart and are smaller than the smallest, yet You are greater
than the greatest and are all-pervading. You appear completely silent,
having nothing to do, but this is due to Your all-pervading nature and
Your fullness in all opulences. I therefore offer my respectful
obeisances unto You.
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