Page 63 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

We think that you are traveling on the surface of the earth
just to benefit us only.” (SB 4.25.42)

Purport: “When a husbandless woman is attacked by an
aggressive man, she takes his action to be mercy. A woman
is generally very much attracted by a man’s long arms. A
serpent’s body is round, and it becomes narrower and
thinner at the end. The beautiful arms of a man appear to
a woman just like serpents, and she very much desires to
be embraced by such arms.”

“The word anatha-varga is very significant in this verse.
Natha means “husband,” and “a” means “without.” A young
woman who has no husband is called anatha, meaning
“one who is not protected.” As soon as a woman attains
puberty, she immediately becomes very much agitated by
sexual desire. It is therefore the duty of the father to get his
daughter married before she attains puberty. Otherwise
she will be very much mortified by not having a husband.
Anyone who satisfies her desire for sex at that age becomes
a great object of satisfaction. It is a psychological fact that
when a woman at the age of puberty meets a man and the
man satisfies her sexually, she will love that man for the rest
of her life, regardless who he is. Thus so-called love within
this material world is nothing but sexual satisfaction.”

There is a thin line between “aggressive mercy” and rape
as Srila Prabhupada rightfully points out. Rape in the

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