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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 29]
of honey;  gandha —the flavor;  vat —like;  kṣudra-tamam —most insignificant;  kāmya —desired;  karma —of activities;  vipāka-jam —obtained as a result;  kāma-sukha —of sense gratification;  lavam —a fragment;  jaihvya —enjoyment of the tongue;  aupasthya —sex enjoyment;  ādi —beginning with;  vicinvantam —always thinking of;  mithunt-bhūya —engaging in sex life;  tat —in his wife;  abhiniveśita —always absorbed;  manasam —whose mind;  ṣat-aṅghri —of bumblebees;  gaṇa —of crowds;  sāma —gentle;  gīta —the chanting;  vat —like;  ati- very;  manohara —attractive;  vanitā-ādi —beginning with the wife;  jana —of people;  alāpeṣu —to the talks;  atitarām —excessively;  ati- very much;  pra-lobhita —attracted;  karṇam —whose ears;  agre —in front;  vṛka-yūtha —a group of tigers;  vat —like;  ātmanaḥ —of one's self;  āyuḥ —span of life;  harataḥ —taking away;  ahaḥ-rātrān —days and nights;  tān —all of them;  kāla-lava-viśeṣān —the moments of time;  avigaṇayya —without considering;  grheṣu —in household life;  viharantam —enjoying;  pṛṣthataḥ —from the back;  eva —certainly;  parokṣam —without being seen;  anupravṛttaḥ —following behind;  lubdhakaḥ —the hunter;  kṛta-antaḥ —the superintendent of death;  antaḥ —in the heart;  śareṇa —by an arrow;  yam —whom;  iha —in this world;  parāvidhyati —pierces;  tam —that;  imam —this;  ātmānam —yourself;  aho rājan —O King;  bhinna-hṛdayam —whose heart is pierced;  draṣtum —to see;  arhasi —you ought;  iti —thus.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, woman, who is very attractive in the beginning but in the end very disturbing, is exactly like the flower, which is attractive in the beginning and detestable at the end. With woman, the living entity is entangled with lusty desires and sex. He thus enjoys a life of sense gratification—from his tongue to his genitals—and in this way the living entity considers himself very happy in family life. United with his wife, he always remains absorbed in such thoughts. He feels great pleasure in hearing the talks of his wife and children, which are like the sweet humming of bumblebees that collect honey from flower to flower. He forgets that before him is time, which is taking away his life span with the passing of day and night. He does not see the gradual diminishing of his life, nor does he care about the superintendent of death, who is trying to kill him from behind. Just try to understand this. You are in a precarious position and are threatened from all sides.
PURPORT
Materialistic life means forgetting one's constitutional position as the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, and this forgetfulness is especially enhanced in the  grhastha-āśrama . In the  grhastha-āśrama  a young man accepts a young wife who is very beautiful in the beginning, but in due course of time,