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SB 3.20.37

Devanāgarī

इति सायन्तनीं सन्ध्यामसुरा: प्रमदायतीम् । प्रलोभयन्तीं जगृहुर्मत्वा मूढधिय: स्त्रियम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

iti sāyantanīṁ sandhyām asurāḥ pramadāyatīm pralobhayantīṁ jagṛhur matvā mūḍha-dhiyaḥ striyam

Synonyms

iti—in this way;sāyantanīm—the evening;sandhyām—twilight;asurāḥ—the demons;pramadāyatīm—behaving like a wanton woman;pralobhayantīm—alluring;jagṛhuḥ—seized;matvā—thinking to be;mūḍha-dhiyaḥ—unintelligent;striyam—a woman.

Translation

The asuras, clouded in their understanding, took the evening twilight to be a beautiful woman showing herself in her alluring form, and they seized her.

Purport

The asuras are described here as mūḍha-dhiyaḥ, meaning that they are captivated by ignorance, just like the ass. The demons were captivated by the false, glaring beauty of this material form, and thus they embraced her.
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