SB 3.23.45
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 45
- tasmin vimāna utkṛṣṭāṁ
- śayyāṁ rati-karīṁ śritā
- na cābudhyata taṁ kālaṁ
- patyāpīcyena saṅgatā
SYNONYMS
tasmin — in that; vimāne — airplane; utkṛṣṭām — excellent; śayyām — a bed; rati-karīm — increasing sexual desires; śritā — situated on; na — not; ca — and; abudhyata — she noticed; tam — that; kālam — time; patyā — with her husband; apīcyena — most handsome; saṅgatā — in company.
TRANSLATION
In that aerial mansion, Devahūti, in the company of her handsome husband, situated on an excellent bed that increased sexual desires, could not realize how much time was passing.
PURPORT
Sex indulgence is so enjoyable for materialistic people that when they engage in such activities they forget how time is passing. Saint Kardama and Devahūti, in their sex indulgence, also forgot how time was passing by.