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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 30]
TEXT 8
आश्विनात्मेन्द्रियः स्त्रीणामसतीनां च मायया ।  
 रहोरचितयाऽऽलापैः शिशूनां कलमाधिणाम् ॥ ८ ॥
ākṣiptātmendriyaḥ strīṇām 
    asatīṇām ca māyayā 
    raho racitayālāpaiḥ 
    śiśūnām kala-bhāṣiṇām
ākṣipta—charmed; ātma—heart; indriyaḥ—his senses; strīṇām—of women; asatīṇām—false; ca—and; māyayā—by māyā; rahaḥ—in a solitary place; racitayā—displayed; ālāpaiḥ—by the talking; śiśūnām—of the children; kala-bhāṣiṇām—with sweet words.
TRANSLATION
He gives heart and senses to a woman who falsely charms him with māyā. He enjoys solitary embraces and talking with her, and he is enchanted by the sweet words of the small children.
PURPORT
Family life within the kingdom of illusory energy,  māyā , is just like a prison for the eternal living entity. In prison a prisoner is shackled by iron chains and iron bars. Similarly, a conditioned soul is shackled by the charming beauty of a woman, by her solitary embraces and talks of so-called love, and by the sweet words of his small children. Thus he forgets his real identity.
In this verse the words  strīṇām asatīṇām  indicate that womanly love is just to agitate the mind of man. Actually, in the material world there is no love. Both the woman and the man are interested in their sense gratification. For sense gratification a woman creates an illusory love, and the man becomes enchanted by such false love and forgets his real duty. When there are children as the result of such a combination, the next attraction is to the sweet words of the children. The love of the woman at home and the talk of the children make one a secure prisoner, and thus he cannot leave his home. Such a person is termed, in Vedic language, a  grhamedhī , which means one whose center of attraction is home.  Grhastha  refers to one who lives with family, wife and children but whose real purpose of