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of life. When either a man or a woman is advanced in spiritual consciousness, the bodily conception of life practically vanishes. We should see all women as spiritual units ( aham brahmāsmi ), whose only duty is to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Then the influences of the different modes of material nature, which result from one's possessing a material body, will not act.
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is so beneficial that it can very easily counteract the contamination of material nature, which results from one's possessing a material body.  Bhagavad-gītā  therefore teaches, in the very beginning, that whether one is a man or a woman, one must know that he or she is not the body but a spiritual soul. Everyone should be interested in the activities of the spirit soul, not the body. As long as one is activated by the bodily conception of life, there is always the danger of being misled, whether one is a man or a woman. The soul is sometimes described as  puruṣa  because whether one is dressed as a man or a woman, one is inclined to enjoy this material world. One who has this spirit of enjoyment is described as  puruṣa . Whether one is a man or a woman, he is not interested in serving others; everyone is interested in satisfying his or her own senses. Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however, provides first-class training for a man or a woman. A man should be trained to be a first-class devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and a woman should be trained to be a very chaste follower of her husband. That will make the lives of both of them happy.
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प्रतिश्रुतं ददामीति वचस्तन्न मृषा भवेत् । वधं नार्हति चेन्द्रोऽपि तत्रेदमुपकल्पते ॥४३॥
pratiśrutam dadāmīti vacas tan na mṛṣā bhavet vadham nārhati cendro 'pi tatredam upakalpate
pratiśrutam —promised;  dadāmi —I shall give;  iti —thus;  vacah —statement;  tat —that;  na —not;  mṛṣā —false;  bhavet —can be;  vadham —killing;  na —not;  arhati —is suitable;  ca —and;  indrah —Indra;  api —also;  tatra —in that connection;  idam —this;  upakalpate —is suitable.