Text 9]
Lord Rṣabhadeva's Teachings
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wife actually helps further spiritual life and liberation. Nonetheless, most people are bound by the knots of the marital relationship, and consequently they forget their relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 9
यदा मनोहृदयग्रन्थिरस्य 
  कर्मानुबद्धो दृढ आश्लेषेत । 
  तदा जनः सम्परिवर्ततेऽसाद् 
  मुक्तः परं यात्यतिहाय हेतुम् ॥ ९ ॥
yadā mano-hṛdaya-granthir asya 
  karmānubaddho dṛḍha āślatheta 
  tadā janaḥ samparivartate 'smād 
  muktaḥ paraṁ yāty atihāya hetum
yadā —when;  manaḥ —the mind;  hṛdaya-granthiḥ —the knot in the heart;  asya —of this person;  karma-anubaddhaḥ —bound by the results of his past deeds;  dṛḍhaḥ —very strong;  āślatheta —becomes slackened;  tadā —at that time;  janaḥ —the conditioned soul;  samparivartate —turns away;  asmāt —from this attachment for sex life;  muktaḥ —liberated;  paraṁ —to the transcendental world;  yāti —goes;  atihāya —giving up;  hetum —the original cause.
TRANSLATION
When the strong knot in the heart of a person implicated in material life due to the results of past action is slackened, one turns away from his attachment to home, wife and children. In this way, one gives up the basic principle of illusion [I and mine] and becomes liberated. Thus one goes to the transcendental world.
PURPORT
When, by associating with  sādhus  and engaging in devotional service, one is gradually freed from the material conception due to knowledge, practice and detachment, the knot of attachment in the heart is