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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- ditis tu vrīḍitā tena
- karmāvadyena bhārata
- upasaṅgamya viprarṣim
- adho-mukhy abhyabhāṣata
ditiḥDiti, the wife of Kaśyapa — Diti, the wife of Kaśyapa; tubut — but; vrīḍitāashamed — ashamed; tenaby that — by that; karmaact — act; avadyenafaulty — faulty; bhārataO son of the Bharata family — O son of the Bharata family; upasaṅgamyagoing nearer to — going nearer to; viprathe brāhmaṇa —sage-ṛṣimthe brāhmaṇa —sage — the brāhmaṇa—sage; adhaḥwith her face lowered-mukhīwith her face lowered — with her face lowered; abhyabhāṣatapolitely said — politely said.
O son of the Bharata family, Diti, after this, went nearer to her husband, her face lowered because of her faulty action. She spoke as follows.
When one is ashamed of an abominable action, one naturally becomes down-faced. Diti came to her senses after the abominable sexual intercourse with her husband. Such sexual intercourse is condemned as prostitution. In other words, sex life with one's wife is equal to prostitution if the regulations are not properly followed.