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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- tad bhavān dahyamānāyāṁ
- sa-patnīnāṁ samṛddhibhiḥ
- prajāvatīnāṁ bhadraṁ te
- mayy āyuṅktām anugraham
tattherefore — therefore; bhavānyour good self — your good self; dahyamānāyāmbeing distressed — being distressed; saof the co-wives-patnīnāmof the co-wives — of the co-wives; samṛddhibhiḥby the prosperity — by the prosperity; prajāof those who have children-vatīnāmof those who have children — of those who have children; bhadramall prosperity — all prosperity; teunto you — unto you; mayiunto me — unto me; āyuṅktāmdo unto me, in all respects — do unto me, in all respects; anugrahamfavor — favor.
Therefore you should be kind towards me by showing me complete mercy. I desire to have sons, and I am much distressed by seeing the opulence of my co-wives. By performing this act, you will become happy.
In Bhagavad-gītā sexual intercourse for begetting children is accepted as righteous. A person sexually inclined for simple sense gratification, however, is unrighteous. In Diti's appeal to her husband for sex, it was not exactly that she was afflicted by sex desires, but she desired sons. Since she had no sons, she felt poorer than her co-wives. Therefore Kaśyapa was supposed to satisfy his bona fide wife.