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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- iti tāṁ vīra mārīcaḥ
- kṛpaṇāṁ bahu-bhāṣiṇīm
- pratyāhānunayan vācā
- pravṛddhānaṅga-kaśmalām
itithus — thus; tāmunto her — unto her; vīraO hero — O hero; mārīcaḥthe son of Marīci (Kaśyapa) — the son of Marīci (Kaśyapa); kṛpaṇāmunto the poor — unto the poor; bahutoo talkative-bhāṣiṇīmtoo talkative — too talkative; pratyāhareplied — replied; anunayanpacifying — pacifying; vācāby words — by words; pravṛddhahighly agitated — highly agitated; anaṅgalust — lust; kaśmalāmcontaminated — contaminated.
O hero [Vidura], Diti, being thus afflicted by the contamination of lust, and therefore poor and talkative, was pacified by the son of Marīci in suitable words.
When a man or woman is afflicted by the lust of sex desire, it is to be understood as sinful contamination. Kaśyapa was engaged in his spiritual activities, but he did not have sufficient strength to refuse his wife, who was thus afflicted. He could have refused her with strong words expressing impossibility, but he was not as spiritually strong as Vidura. Vidura is addressed here as a hero because no one is stronger in self-control than a devotee of the Lord. It appears that Kaśyapa was already inclined to have sexual enjoyment with his wife, and because he was not a strong man he tried to dissuade her only with pacifying words.