SB 11.26.7

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 26: The Aila-gītā

SB 11.26.6

SB 11.26.8

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 7

aila uvāca
aho me moha-vistāraḥ
kāma-kaśmala-cetasaḥ
devyā gṛhīta-kaṇṭhasya
nāyuḥ-khaṇḍā ime smṛtāḥ

SYNONYMS

ailaḥ uvāca—King Purūravā said; aho—alas; me—my; moha—of the delusion; vistāraḥ—the extent; kāma—by lust; kaśmala—contaminated; cetasaḥ—my consciousness; devyā—by this goddess; gṛhīta—is seized; kaṇṭhasya—whose neck; na—have not; āyuḥ—of my life span; khaṇḍāḥ—the divisions; ime—these; smṛtāḥ—been taken notice of.

TRANSLATION

King Aila said: Alas, just see the extent of my delusion! This goddess was embracing me and held my neck in her grip. My heart was so polluted by lust that I had no idea how my life was passing.