1 Many years have I been serving you diligently, both day and night, and through mornings, bringing on old age; decay now impairs the beauty of my limbsn What, therefore, is now (to be done); let husbands approach their wives. 2 The ancient sages, disseminators of truth, who, verily, conversed of tuths with the gods, begot (progeny), nor thereby violated (their vow of continence), therefore should wives be approached by their husbands. 3 (Agastya): Penance has not been practised in vain; since the gods protect us, we may indulge all our desires; in this world we may triumph in many conflicts, if we exert ourselves mutually together 4 Desire, either from this cause or from that, has come upon me whilst engaged in prayer and suppressing (passion); let Lopāmudrā approach her husband; the unsteady feminine le beguiles the firm and resolute man. 5 (Pupil): I beseech the Soma, which has been drunk in my heart, that it may fully expiate the sin we have committed; man is subject to many desires. 6 Agastya, a venerable sage, working with (fit) implements, desiring progeny, offspring, and strength, practised both classes (of obligations), and received true benedictions from the gods.