Text 120]
The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
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TRANSLATION
“One should not sit closely with one’s mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that they may attract even a person advanced in knowledge.”
PURPORT
This verse appears in the  Manu-saṁhitā  (2.215) and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (9.19.17).
TEXT 120
ক্ষুদ্রজীব সব মর্কট-বৈরাগ্য করিয়া। ইন্দ্রিয় চরাঞ্জা বুলে ‘প্রকৃতি’ সন্তাবিয়া ॥১২০॥
kṣudra-jīva saba markaṭa-vairāgya kariyā indriya carāñā bule ‘prakṛti’ sambhāṣiyā”
SYNONYMS
kṣudra-jīva —poor living entities;  saba —all;  markaṭa vairāgya —a renounced life like that of a monkey;  kariyā —accepting;  indriya carāñā —satisfying the senses;  bule —wander here and there;  prakṛti sambhāṣiyā —talking intimately with women.
TRANSLATION
“There are many persons with little in their possession who accept the renounced order of life like monkeys. They go here and there engaging in sense gratification and speaking intimately with women.”
PURPORT
One should strictly follow the regulative principles, namely no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication and no gambling, and in this way one should make progress in spiritual life. If an unfit person sentimentally accepts  vairāgya  or takes  sannyāsa  but at the same time remains attached to women, he is in a very dangerous position. His renunciation is called  markaṭa-vairāgya , or renunciation like that of a monkey. The monkey lives in the forest, eats fruit and does not even cover itself with a cloth. In this way it resembles a saint, but the monkey always thinks of female monkeys and sometimes keeps dozens of them for sexual intercourse. This is called  markaṭa-vairāgya . Therefore one who is unfit should not accept the renounced order of life. One who accepts the order of  sannyāsa  but again becomes agitated by sensual disturbances and talks privately with women is