Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61
Sanskrit:
दृष्ट्वा तां कामलिप्तेन बाहुना परिरम्भिताम् ।जगाम हृच्छयवशं सहसैव विमोहित: ॥ ६१ ॥
ITRANS:
dṛṣṭvā tāṁ kāma-liptenabāhunā parirambhitāmjagāma hṛc-chaya-vaśaṁsahasaiva vimohitaḥ
Translation:
The śūdra, his arm decorated with turmeric powder, was embracing the prostitute. When Ajāmila saw her, the dormant lusty desires in his heart awakened, and in illusion he fell under their control.
Purport:
It is said that if one’s body is smeared with turmeric, it attracts the lusty desires of the opposite sex. The word kāma-liptena indicates that the śūdra was decorated with turmeric smeared on his body.