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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 6]
A  gṛhastha ,  vānaprastha ,  sannyāsī  and  brahmacārī  should be very careful when associating with women. One is forbidden to sit down in a solitary place even with one's mother, sister or daughter. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement it has been very difficult to disassociate ourselves from women in our society, especially in Western countries. We are therefore sometimes criticized, but nonetheless we are trying to give everyone a chance to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  and thus advance spiritually. If we stick to the principle of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  offenselessly, then, by the grace of Śrīla Haridāsa Thākura, we may be saved from the allurement of women. However, if we are not very strict in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra , we may at any time fall victim to women.
TEXT 4
नित्यं ददाति कामस्यच्छिद्रं तमनु येऽरयः ।
योगिनः कृतमैत्रस्य पत्युर्जायेव पुंश्वली ॥ ४ ॥
nityam dadāti kāmasya  
 cchidram tam anu ye 'rayaḥ  
 yoginaḥ kṛta-maitrasya  
 patyur jāyeva puṁścalī
nityam —always;  dadāti —gives;  kāmasya —of lust;  chidram —facility;  tam —that (lust);  anu —following;  ye —those;  arayaḥ —enemies;  yoginaḥ —of the  yogīs  or persons trying to advance in spiritual life;  kṛta-maitrasya —having put faith in the mind;  patyuḥ —of the husband;  jāyā iva —like the wife;  puṁścalī —who is unchaste or easily carried away by other men.
TRANSLATION
An unchaste woman is very easily carried away by paramours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by her paramours. If the  yogī  gives his mind a chance and does not restrain it, his mind will give facility to enemies like lust, anger and greed, and they will doubtlessly kill the  yogī .