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Bhagavad-gītā 7.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् ।
- धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥११॥
- balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ
- kāma-rāga-vivarjitam
- dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu
- kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha
balamstrength — strength; balaof the strong-vatāmof the strong — of the strong; caand — and; ahamI am — I am; kāmapassion — passion; rāgaand attachment — and attachment; vivarjitamdevoid of — devoid of; dharmanot against religious principles-aviruddhaḥnot against religious principles — not against religious principles; bhūteṣuin all beings — in all beings; kāmaḥsex life — sex life; asmiI am — I am; bharataO lord of the Bhāratas-ṛṣabhaO lord of the Bhāratas — O lord of the Bhāratas.
I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bhāratas [Arjuna].
The strong man's strength should be applied to protect the weak, not for personal aggression. Similarly, sex life, according to religious principles (dharma), should be for the propagation of children, not otherwise. The responsibility of parents is then to make their offspring Kṛṣṇa conscious.