Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 5
Yayāti’s Renunciation: The Allegory of the He-Goat and She-Goat
सोत्तीर्य कूपात् सुश्रोणी तमेव चकमे किल । तया वृतं समुद्वीक्ष्य बह्व्योऽजा: कान्तकामिनी: ॥ ५ ॥ पीवानं श्मश्रुलं प्रेष्ठं मीढ्वांसं याभकोविदम् । स एकोऽजवृषस्तासां बह्वीनां रतिवर्धन: । रेमे कामग्रहग्रस्त आत्मानं नावबुध्यत ॥ ६ ॥
sottīrya kūpāt suśroṇī tam eva cakame kila tayā vṛtaṁ samudvīkṣya bahvyo ’jāḥ kānta-kāminīḥ
井戸から上がった美しい腰つきの雌ヤギは、その雄ヤギを夫に望んだ。彼女が彼を選ぶのを見て、ほかの多くの美しい雌ヤギたちも彼を求めた。彼は逞しい体つきで、口髭と顎髭が映え、愛すべき魅力があり、精力に富み、交わりの術にも巧みだったからである。こうして雄ヤギの中の最上の一匹は、多くの雌に囲まれ、欲の魔に取り憑かれた者のように情欲に耽り、自己覚醒という真の務めを忘れてしまった。
Materialists are certainly very much attracted by sexual intercourse. Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham . Although one becomes a gṛhastha, or householder, to enjoy sex life to his heart’s content, one is never satisfied. Such a lusty materialist is like a goat, for it is said that if goats meant for slaughter get the opportunity, they enjoy sex before being killed. Human beings, however, are meant for self-realization.
FAQs
This verse shows how attraction spreads when one is seen as an object of enjoyment—association and attention can multiply desire rather than satisfy it.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this account to Mahārāja Parīkṣit while teaching the bondage created by kāma (lust).
Guard the senses and avoid situations that inflame craving; redirect attention to sādhana and higher goals so attraction does not escalate into addiction.