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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 25 ]
various religious functions at the time of birth, old age, disease and death. Without caring for the distresses of birth, old age, disease and death, they are addicted to performing the special functions according to the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies.
Factually, however,  pravṛtti-mārga  is based on sex life. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ,  yan maithunādi - gṛhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham  ( Bhāg. 7.9.45 ). A householder who is too much addicted to  pravṛtti-mārga  is actually called a  gṛhamedhī , not a  gṛhastha . Although the  gṛhastha  desires sense gratification, he acts according to Vedic instructions. The  gṛhamedhī , however, who is interested only in sense gratification, does not follow any Vedic instruction. The  gṛhamedhī  engages himself as an advocate of sex life and also allows his sons and daughters to engage in sex and to be deprived of any glorious end in life. A  gṛhastha  enjoys sex life in this life as well as in the next, but a  gṛhamedhī  does not know what the next life is about because he is simply interested in sex in this life. ● In the whole, when one is too much inclined towards sex, he does not care for the transcendental spiritual life. In this age of Kali especially, no one is interested in spiritual advancement. Even though it is sometimes found that one may be interested in spiritual advancement, he is most likely to accept a bogus method of spiritual life, being misguided by so many pretenders.
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पितृदेवर्षिमत्यानां भूतानामात्मनश्च ह ।
क्षेम्यं वदन्ति शरणं भवेऽस्मिन् यद् गृहाश्रमः ॥४०॥
pitṛ-devarṣi-martyānām bhūtānām ātmanaś ca ha kṣemyam vadanti śaraṇam bhave 'smin yad gṛhāśramah
pitṛ —forefathers;  deva —demigods;  ṛṣi —sages;  martyānām —of humanity in general;  bhūtānām —of the infinite living entities;  ātmanah —of oneself;  ca —also;  ha —certainly;  kṣemyam —beneficial;  vadanti —they say;  śaraṇam —shelter;  bhave —in the material world;  asmin —this;  yat —that which;  gṛha-āśramah —householder life.
TRANSLATION
The woman continued: According to authorities, the householder life is pleasing not only to oneself but to all the forefathers, demigods, great