Canto 9, Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Verse 7 (SB 9.19.7)
SB 9.19.7 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

tam eva preṣṭhatamayā ramamāṇam ajānyayā vilokya kūpa-saṁvignā nāmṛṣyad basta-karma tat

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda