Devanagari
स्कन्ने रेतसि सोऽपश्यदात्मानं देवमायया
जडीकृतं नृपश्रेष्ठ सन्न्यवर्तत कश्मलात् ॥ ३५ ॥
Verse text
skanne retasi so ’paśyad
ātmānaṁ deva-māyayā
jaḍīkṛtaṁ nṛpa-śreṣṭha
sannyavartata kaśmalāt
Synonyms
skanne
—
when fully discharged
;
retasi
—
the semen
;
saḥ
—
Lord Śiva
;
apaśyat
—
saw
;
ātmānam
—
his own self
;
deva
—
māyayā — by the māyā of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
jaḍīkṛtam
—
had become victimized as a fool
;
nṛpa
—
śreṣṭha — O best of kings (Mahārāja Parīkṣit)
;
sannyavartata
—
restrained himself further
;
kaśmalāt
—
from illusion .
Translation
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of kings, when Lord Śiva had fully discharged semen, he could see how he himself had been victimized by the illusion created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he restrained himself from any further māyā.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O best of kings! When Śiva had fully discharged semen, he could see how he himself had been victimized by the illusion created by the Supreme Lord. Thus he gave up pursuing her further.
He had been completely dumbfounded the moment he saw Mohinī. Now, when he had fully discharged semen, he realized that he had been completely befooled. He gave up pursuing Mohinī further (kaśmalāt).
Purport
Once one is agitated by lusty desires upon seeing a woman, those desires increase more and more, but when semen is discharged in the act of sex, the lusty desires diminish. The same principle acted upon Lord Śiva. He was allured by the beautiful woman Mohinī-mūrti, but when his semen had been fully discharged, he came to his senses and realized how he had been victimized as soon as he saw the woman in the forest. If one is trained to protect his semen by observing celibacy, naturally he is not attracted by the beauty of a woman. If one can remain a
brahmacārī,
he saves himself so much trouble in material existence. Material existence means enjoying the pleasure of sexual intercourse (
yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukham
). If one is educated about sex life and is trained to protect his semen, he is saved from the danger of material existence.