Devanagari
दितिस्तु व्रीडिता तेन कर्मावद्येन भारत ।
उपसङ्गम्य विप्रर्षिमधोमुख्यभ्यभाषत ॥ ३३ ॥
Verse text
ditis tu vrīḍitā tena
karmāvadyena bhārata
upasaṅgamya viprarṣim
adho-mukhy abhyabhāṣata
Synonyms
ditiḥ
—
Diti, the wife of Kaśyapa
;
tu
—
but
;
vrīḍitā
—
ashamed
;
tena
—
by that
;
karma
—
act
;
avadyena
—
faulty
;
bhārata
—
O son of the Bharata family
;
upasaṅgamya
—
going nearer to
;
vipra
—
ṛṣim — the brāhmaṇa sage
;
adhaḥ
—
mukhī — with her face lowered
;
abhyabhāṣata
—
politely said .
Translation
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O Bhārata! Shamed by her faulty action, Diti approached the brāhmaṇa sage and spoke with lowered head.
Karmāvadyena means “by faulty action.”
Purport
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.