Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 60: Lord Kṛṣṇa Teases Queen Rukmiṇī.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.60.48

vyūḍhāyāś cāpi puḿścalyā

mano 'bhyeti navaḿ navam

budho 'satīḿ na bibhṛyāt

tāḿ bibhrad ubhaya-cyutaḥ

SYNONYMS

vyūḍhāyāḥ — of a woman who is married; ca — and; api — even; puḿścalyāḥ — promiscuous; manaḥ — the mind; abhyeti — is attracted; navam navamto newer and newer (lovers); budhaḥ — one who is intelligent; asatīman unchaste woman; na bibhryāt — should not maintain; tām — her; bibhrat — maintaining; ubhaya — from both (good fortune in this world and in the next); cyutaḥ — fallen.

TRANSLATION

The mind of a promiscuous woman always hankers for new lovers, even if she is married. An intelligent man should not keep such an unchaste wife, for if he does he will lose his good fortune both in this life and the next.

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