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King Purañjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt
1231
When butter is brought into the proximity of fire, it melts. The woman is like fire, and man is like the butter. But if one gets a chaste wife, accepted through a religious marriage ritual, she can be of great help when one is threatened by the many dangerous situations of life. Actually such a wife can become the source of all good intelligence. With such a good wife, the family's engagement in the devotional service of the Lord actually makes a home a  grhastha-āśrama , or household dedicated to spiritual cultivation.
TEXT 17
रामा ऊचुः
नरनाथ न जानीमस्त्वत्प्रिया यद्वचवस्यति ।
भूतले निरवस्तारे शयानां पश्य शत्रुहन् ॥१७॥
rāmā ūcuḥ nara-nātha na jānīmas tvat-priyā yad vyavasyati bhūtale niravastāre śayānām paśya śatru-han
rāmāḥ ūcuḥ —the women thus spoke;  nara-nātha —O King;  na jānīmaḥ —we do not know;  tvat-priyā —your beloved;  yad vyavasyati —why she has taken to this sort of life;  bhū-tale —on the ground;  niravastāre —without bedding;  śayānām —lying down;  paśya —look;  śatru-han —O killer of the enemies.
TRANSLATION
All the women addressed the King: O master of the citizens, we do not know why your dear wife has taken on this sort of existence. O killer of enemies, kindly look! She is lying on the ground without bedding. We cannot understand why she is acting this way.
PURPORT
When a person is devoid of devotional service, or  viṣṇu-bhakti , he takes to many sinful activities. King Purañjana left home, neglected his own wife, and engaged himself in killing animals. This is the position of all materialistic men. They do not care for a married chaste wife. They take the wife only as an instrument for sense enjoyment, not as a means for devotional service. To have unrestricted sex life, the  karmīs  work very hard.