SB 3.23.45

SB 3.23.45

Devanagari

तस्मिन् विमान उत्कृष्टां शय्यां रतिकरीं श्रिता । न चाबुध्यत तं कालं पत्यापीच्येन सङ्गता ॥ ४५ ॥

Verse text

tasmin vimāna utkṛṣṭāṁ śayyāṁ rati-karīṁ śritā na cābudhyata taṁ kālaṁ patyāpīcyena saṅgatā

Synonyms

tasmin in that ; vimāne airplane ; utkṛṣṭām excellent ; śayyām a bed ; rati karīm — increasing sexual desires ; śritā situated on ; na not ; ca and ; abudhyata she noticed ; tam that ; kālam time ; patyā with her husband ; apīcyena most handsome ; saṅgatā in company .

Translation

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Situated on an excellent bed which stimulated desire in that airplane, she did not notice that time had passed.

Purport

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.