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ŚB 9.19.7

Devanagari

तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया ।
विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद् बस्तकर्म तत् ॥ ७ ॥

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.