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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.45
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 45
- tasmin vimāna utkṛṣṭāṁ
- śayyāṁ rati-karīṁ śritā
- na cābudhyata taṁ kālaṁ
- patyāpīcyena saṅgatā
tasminin that — in that; vimāneairplane — airplane; utkṛṣṭāmexcellent — excellent; śayyāma bed — a bed; ratiincreasing sexual desires-karīmincreasing sexual desires — increasing sexual desires; śritāsituated on — situated on; nanot — not; caand — and; abudhyatashe noticed — she noticed; tamthat — that; kālamtime — time; patyāwith her husband — with her husband; apīcyenamost handsome — most handsome; saṅgatāin company — in company.
In that aerial mansion, Devahūti, in the company of her handsome husband, situated on an excellent bed that increased sexual desires, could not realize how much time was passing.
Sex indulgence is so enjoyable for materialistic people that when they engage in such activities they forget how time is passing. Saint Kardama and Devahūti, in their sex indulgence, also forgot how time was passing by.