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  "name":"SB 3.20.23",
  "h1":"SB 3.20.23",
  "label":"Text 23",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.23",
  "description":"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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SB 3.20.23

देवोऽदेवाञ्जघनतः सृजति स्मातिलोलुपान् ।
त एनं लोलुपतया मैथुनायाभिपेदिरे ॥२३॥

Text

devo 'devāñ jaghanataḥ
sṛjati smātilolupān
ta enaṁ lolupatayā
maithunāyābhipedire

Synonyms

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.

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 desires 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.