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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.23
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- devo 'devāñ jaghanataḥ
- sṛjati smātilolupān
- ta enaṁ lolupatayā
- maithunāyābhipedire
devaḥLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; adevāndemons — demons; jaghanataḥfrom his buttocks — from his buttocks; sṛjatigave birth smagave birth — gave birth; atiexcessively fond of sex-lolupānexcessively fond of sex — excessively fond of sex; tethey — they; enamLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; lolupatayāwith lust — with lust; maithunāyafor copulation — for copulation; abhipedireapproached — approached.
Lord Brahmā then gave birth to the demons from his buttocks, and they were very fond of sex. Because they were too lustful, they approached him for copulation.
Sex life is the background of material existence. Here also it is repeated that demons are very fond of sex life. The more one is free from the desires for sex, the more he is promoted to the level of the demigods; the more one is inclined to enjoy sex, the more he is degraded to the level of demoniac life.