Agnidhra enchanted

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This incident of Agnidhra becoming enchanted by Purvacitti is a beautiful

demonstration of how Maya attacks in the form of a woman. I read it many

times and my understanding increased because of Prabhupada's fantastic

purports.

 

SB 5.2.6

 

How a beautiful woman's movements and gestures, her hair and the structure

of her breasts, hips and other bodily features attract the minds not only of

men but of demigods also is very finely described in this statement. The

words divija and manuja specifically emphasize that the attraction of

feminine gestures is powerful everywhere within this material world, both on

this planet and in the higher planetary systems. It is said that the

standard of living in the higher planetary systems is thousands and

thousands of times higher than the standard of living on this planet.

Therefore the beautiful bodily features of the women there are also

thousands and thousands of times more attractive than the features of the

women on earth. The creator has constructed women in such a way that their

beautiful voices and movements and the beautiful features of their hips,

their breasts, and the other parts of their bodies attract the members of

the opposite sex, both on earth and on other planets, and awaken their lusty

desires. When one is controlled by Cupid or the beauty of women, he becomes

stunned like matter such as stone.

 

CAPTIVATED BY THE MATERIAL MOVEMENTS OF WOMEN, HE WANTS TO REMAIN IN THIS

MATERIAL WORLD. THUS ONE'S PROMOTION TO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD IS CHECKED

SIMPLY BY SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL BODILY STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF WOMEN.

 

(Note: What to speak when you have a wife? You are seeing her everday, you

are hearing her voice everyday etc. etc.)

 

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has therefore warned all devotees to beware of the

attraction of beautiful women and materialistic civilization. Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu even refused to see Prataparudra Maharaja because he was a very

opulent person in the material world. Lord Caitanya said in this connection,

niskincanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya: those who are engaged in the

devotional service of the Lord because they are very serious about going

back home, back to Godhead, should be very careful to avoid seeing the

beautiful gestures of women and should also avoid seeing persons who are

very rich.