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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 14]
marriages do not last very long, and the people involved are separated again by divorce or other means.
PURPORT
As stated previously, every conditioned soul has the propensity to cheat, even in marriage. Everywhere in this material world, one conditioned soul is envious of another. For the time being, people may remain friends, but eventually they become enemies again and fight over money. Sometimes they marry and then separate by divorce or other means. On the whole, unity is never permanent. Due to the cheating propensity, both parties always remain envious. Even in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, separation and enmity take place due to the prominence of material propensities.
TEXT 38
एतस्मिन् संसाराञ्चनि नानाङ्केशोपसर्गवाधित आपन्नविपन्नो यत्र यस्तम्रु ह वावेतरस्तत्र विसृज्य जातं जातमुपादाय शोचन्मुह्यन् विभ्यद्विनदन् क्रन्दन् संहृष्यन् गायन्नह्यमानः साधुवर्जितो नैवावर्ततेऽद्यापि यत् आरब्ध एष नरलोकसार्थो यमध्वनः पारमुपदिशन्ति ॥३८॥
etasmin saṁsārādhvani nānā-kleśopasarga-bādhita āpanna-vipanno yatra yas tam u ha vāvetaras tatra visṛjya jātam jātam upādāya śocan muhyan bibhyad-vivadan krandan saṁhṛṣyan gāyan nahyamānaḥ sādhu-varjito naivāvartate 'dyāpi yata ārabdha eṣa nara-loka-sārtho yam adhvanaḥ pāram upadiśanti.
etasmin—on this; saṁsāra—of miserable conditions; adhvani—path; nānā—various; kleśa—by miseries; upasarga—by the troubles of material existence; bādhitaḥ—disturbed; āpanna—sometimes having gained; vipannaḥ—sometimes having lost; yatra—in which; yaḥ— who; tam—him; u ha vāva—or; itaraḥ—someone else; tatra— thereupon; visṛjya—giving up; jātam jātam—newly born; upādāya— accepting; śocan—lamenting; muhyan—being illusioned; bibhyat— fearing; vivadan—sometimes exclaiming loudly; krandan—sometimes crying; saṁhṛṣyan—sometimes being pleased; gāyan—singing;