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SB 9.19.7

Devanāgarī

तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया । विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद् बस्तकर्म तत् ॥ ७ ॥

Text

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.

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