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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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देवोऽदेवाञ्जघनतः सृजति स्मातिलोलुपान् त एनं लोलुपतया मैथुनायाभिपेदिरे
devo ’devāñ jaghanataḥ sṛjati smātilolupān ta enaṁ lolupatayā maithunāyābhipedire
WORD BY WORD
devaḥ Lord Brahmā; adevān demons; jaghanataḥ from his buttocks; sṛjati sma gave birth; ati-lolupān excessively fond of sex; te they; enam Lord Brahmā; lolupatayā with lust; maithunāya for copulation; abhipedire approached;
TRANSLATION
| Lord Brahmā then gave birth to the demons from his buttocks, and they were very fond of sex. Because they were too lustful, they approached him for copulation.
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PURPORT
| Sex life is the background of material existence. Here also it is repeated that demons are very fond of sex life. The more one is free from the desire for sex, the more he is promoted to the level of the demigods; the more one is inclined to enjoy sex, the more he is degraded to the level of demoniac life.
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