Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 14: The Story of King Vena

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.14.25

ko yajña-puruṣo nāma

yatra vo bhaktir īdṛśī

bhartṛ-sneha-vidūrāṇāḿ

yathā jāre kuyoṣitām

SYNONYMS

kaḥ — who (is); yajña-puruṣaḥ — the enjoyer of all sacrifices; nāma — by name; yatra — unto whom; vaḥ — your; bhaktiḥ — devotional service; īdṛśīso great; bhartṛ — for the husband; sneha — affection; vidūrāṇām — bereft of; yathā — like; jāre — unto the paramour; ku-yoṣitām — of unchaste women.

TRANSLATION

You are so much devoted to the demigods, but who are they? Indeed, your affection for these demigods is exactly like the affection of an unchaste woman who neglects her married life and gives all attention to her paramour.

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