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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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इति सायन्तनीं सन्ध्यामसुराः प्रमदायतीम् प्रलोभयन्तीं जगृहुर्मत्वा मूढधियः स्त्रियम्
iti sāyantanīṁ sandhyām asurāḥ pramadāyatīm pralobhayantīṁ jagṛhur matvā mūḍha-dhiyaḥ striyam
WORD BY WORD
iti in this way; sāyantanīm the evening; sandhyām twilight; asurāḥ the demons; pramadāyatīm behaving like a wanton woman; pralobhayantīm alluring; jagṛhuḥ seized; matvā thinking to be; mūḍha-dhiyaḥ unintelligent; striyam a woman;
TRANSLATION
| The asuras, clouded in their understanding, took the evening twilight to be a beautiful woman showing herself in her alluring form, and they seized her.
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PURPORT
| The asuras are described here as mūḍha-dhiyaḥ, meaning that they are captivated by ignorance, just like the ass. The demons were captivated by the false, glaring beauty of this material form, and thus they embraced her.
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