SB 9.19.7

SB 9.19.7

Devanagari

तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया । विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद् बस्तकर्म तत् ॥ ७ ॥

Verse text

tam eva preṣṭhatamayā ramamāṇam ajānyayā vilokya kūpa-saṁvignā nāmṛṣyad basta-karma tat

Synonyms

tam the he-goat ; eva indeed ; preṣṭhatamayā beloved ; ramamāṇam engaged in sexual activities ; ajā the she-goat ; anyayā with another she-goat ; vilokya by seeing ; kūpa saṁvignā — the she-goat who had fallen into the well ; na not ; amṛṣyat tolerated ; basta karma — the business of the goat ; tat that (sex is accepted here as the business of the goat) .

Translation

When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not tolerate the goat’s activities.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not tolerate the goat's activities. Ajānyayā means “another goat.” This is an irregular formation of a compound. The goat who had fallen in the well refers to Devayānī.