SB 9.19.7 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया ।

विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद् बस्तकर्म तत् ॥ ७ ॥

Verse text

tam eva preṣṭhatamayā

ramamāṇam ajānyayā

vilokya kūpa-saṁvignā

nāmṛṣyad basta-karma tat

Synonyms

tam — the he-goat ; eva — indeed ; preṣṭhatamayā — beloved ; ramamāṇam — engaged in sexual activities ; ajā — the she-goat ; anyayā — with another she-goat ; vilokya — by seeing ; kūpa-saṁvignā — the she-goat who had fallen into the well ; na — not ; amṛṣyat — tolerated ; basta-karma — the business of the goat ; tat — that (sex is accepted here as the business of the goat).

Translation

When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not tolerate the goat’s activities.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not tolerate the goat's activities. Ajānyayā means “another goat.” This is an irregular formation of a compound. The goat who had fallen in the well refers to Devayānī.