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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.6.19

Sarga· Creation

Sexual Pleasure Has an Arranged Source

“When the genitals of the gigantic form separately became manifest, then Prajāpati, the original living creature, entered into them with his partial semen, and thus the living entities can enjoy sex pleasure.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.6.19, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The genitals of the gigantic form separately became manifest.
  • Prajāpati, the original living creature, entered them with his partial semen.
  • Through this arrangement, living entities have the capacity to experience sexual pleasure.

Try this today

Reread the translation once, noting how it connects a bodily capacity with the gigantic form.

Ask yourself

How does this verse change my view of bodily pleasure as something independently mine?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.

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