Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9 - Chapter 6

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39-40 Sanskrit: यमुनान्तर्जले मग्नस्तप्यमान: परन्तप: ।निर्वृतिं मीनराजस्य द‍ृष्ट्वा मैथुनधर्मिण: ॥ ३९ ॥जातस्पृहो नृपं विप्र: कन्यामेकामयाचत ।सोऽप्याह गृह्यतां ब्रह्मन् कामं कन्या स्वयंवरे ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: yamunāntar-jale magnastapyamānaḥ paraṁ tapaḥnirvṛtiṁ mīna-rājasyadṛṣṭvā maithuna-dharmiṇaḥ Translation: Saubhari Ṛṣi was engaged in austerity, deep in the water of the river Yamunā, when he saw a pair of fish engaged in sexual affairs. Thus he perceived the pleasure of sex life, and induced by this desire he went to King Māndhātā and begged for one of the King’s daughters....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41-42 Sanskrit: स विचिन्त्याप्रियं स्त्रीणां जरठोऽहमसन्मत: ।वलीपलित एजत्क इत्यहं प्रत्युदाहृत: ॥ ४१ ॥साधयिष्ये तथात्मानं सुरस्त्रीणामभीप्सितम् ।किं पुनर्मनुजेन्द्राणामिति व्यवसित: प्रभु: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: sa vicintyāpriyaṁ strīṇāṁjaraṭho ’ham asan-mataḥvalī-palita ejat-kaity ahaṁ pratyudāhṛtaḥ Translation: Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogī. Therefore women do not like me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45-46 Sanskrit: स बह्वऋचस्ताभिरपारणीय-तप:श्रियानर्घ्यपरिच्छदेषु ।गृहेषु नानोपवनामलाम्भ:-सरस्सु सौगन्धिककाननेषु ॥ ४५ ॥महार्हशय्यासनवस्त्रभूषण-स्‍नानानुलेपाभ्यवहारमाल्यकै: ।स्वलङ्‍कृत स्त्रीपुरुषेषु नित्यदारेमेऽनुगायद्द्विजभृङ्गवन्दिषु ॥ ४६ ॥ ITRANS: sa bahv-ṛcas tābhir apāraṇīya-tapaḥ-śriyānarghya-paricchadeṣugṛheṣu nānopavanāmalāmbhaḥ-saraḥsu saugandhika-kānaneṣu Translation: Because Saubhari Muni was expert in chanting mantras perfectly, his severe austerities resulted in an opulent home, with garments, ornaments, properly dressed and decorated maidservants and manservants, and varieties of parks with clear-water lakes and gardens. In the gardens, fragrant with varieties of flowers, birds chirped and bees hummed, surrounded by professional singers....