# SB 4.2.23 > बुद्ध्या पराभिध्यायिन्या विस्मृतात्मगतिः पशुः । > स्त्रीकामः सोऽस्त्वतितरां दक्षो बस्तमुखोऽचिरात् ॥२३॥ ## Text > buddhyā parābhidhyāyinyā > vismṛtātma-gatiḥ paśuḥ > strī-kāmaḥ so 'stv atitarāṁ > dakṣo basta-mukho 'cirāt ## Synonyms *buddhyā*—by intelligence; *para*-*abhidhyāyinyā*—by accepting the body as the self; *vismṛta*-*ātma*-*gatiḥ*—having forgotten the knowledge of Viṣṇu; *paśuḥ*—an animal; *strī*-*kāmaḥ*—attached to sex life; *saḥ*—he (Dakṣa); *astu*—let; *atitarām*—excessive; *dakṣaḥ*—Dakṣa; *basta*-*mukhaḥ*—the face of a goat; *acirāt*—in a very short time. ## Translation **Dakṣa has accepted the body as all in all. Therefore, since he has forgotten the viṣṇu-pāda, or viṣṇu-gati, and is attached to sex life only, within a short time he will have the face of a goat.**