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The Movements of the Living Entities
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TEXT 42
तामात्मनो विजानीयात्पत्यपत्यगृहात्मकम् ।
दैवोपसादितं मृत्युं मृगयोर्गायनं यथा ॥४२॥
tām ātmano vijānīyāt paty-apatya-gṛhātmakam daivopasāditam mṛtyum mṛgayor gāyanam yathā
tām—the Lord’s māyā; ātmanaḥ—of herself; vijānīyāt—she should know; pati—husband; apatya—children; gṛha—house; ātmakam—consisting of; daiva—by the authority of the Lord; upasāditam—brought about; mṛtyum—death; mṛgayoḥ—of the hunter; gāyanam—the singing; yathā—as.
TRANSLATION
A woman, therefore, should consider her husband, her house and her children to be the arrangement of the external energy of the Lord for her death, just as the sweet singing of the hunter is death for the deer.
PURPORT
In these instructions of Lord Kapiladeva it is explained that not only is woman the gateway to hell for man, but man is also the gateway to hell for woman. It is a question of attachment. A man becomes attached to a woman because of her service, her beauty and many other assets, and similarly, a woman becomes attached to a man for his giving her a nice place to live, ornaments, dress and children. It is a question of attachment for one another. As long as either is attached to the other for such material enjoyment, the woman is dangerous for the man, and the man is also dangerous for the woman. But if the attachment is transferred to Kṛṣṇa, both of them become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and then marriage is very nice. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore recommends:
anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārtham upayuñjataḥ nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktam vairāgyam ucyate
(Bh.r.s. 1.2.255)