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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 5]
neha kṛpaṇā bahu-duḥkha-bhājaḥ ). Under the circumstances, unless one gets the association of a devotee like Nārada Muni or his servant in the disciplic succession, one's dormant spirit of renunciation cannot be awakened. It is not a fact that because material enjoyment involves so many painful conditions one will automatically become detached. One needs the blessings of a devotee like Nārada Muni. Then one can renounce his attachment for the material world. The young boys and girls of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have given up the spirit of material enjoyment not because of practice but by the mercy of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His servants.
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यत्रस्त्वं कर्मसन्धानां साधूनां गृहमेधिनाम् । कृतवानसि दुर्मर्षं विप्रियं तव मर्षितम् ॥४२॥
yan nas tvaṁ karma-sandhānāṁ sādhūnāṁ gṛhamedhinām kṛtavān asi durmarṣaṁ vipriyaṁ tava marṣitam
yat —which;  naḥ —unto us;  tvam —you;  karma-sandhānām —who strictly follow the fruitive ritualistic ceremonies according to Vedic injunctions;  sādhūnām —who are honest (because we honestly seek elevated social standards and bodily comfort);  gṛha-medhinām —although situated with a wife and children;  kṛtavān asi —have created;  durmarṣam —unbearable;  vipriyam —wrong;  tava —your;  marṣitam —forgiven.
TRANSLATION
Although I live in household life with my wife and children, I honestly follow the Vedic injunctions by engaging in fruitive activities to enjoy life without sinful reactions. I have performed all kinds of yajñas, including the deva-yajña, ṛṣi-yajña, pitṛ-yajña and nṛ-yajña. Because these yajñas are called vratas [vows], I am