Text 11] The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes
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about associating even with his daughter, mother or sister, not to speak of other women. Śrīla Madhvācārya cites the following  ślokas  in this regard:
bahutvenaiva vastūnāṁ yathārtha-jñānam ucyate advaita-jñānam ity etad dvaita-jñānam tad-anyathā
yathā jñānam tathā vastu yathā vastus tathā matiḥ naiva jñānārthayor bhedas tata ekatva-vedanam
Unity in variety is real knowledge, and therefore giving up variety artificially does not reflect perfect knowledge of monism. According to the  acintya-bhedābheda  philosophy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, there are varieties, but all of them constitute one unit. Such knowledge is knowledge of perfect oneness.
TEXT 11
एतत् सर्वं गृहस्य समान्नातं यतेरपि । गुरुश्चिर्विकल्पेन गृहस्यसर्तुगामिनः ॥११॥
etat sarvam gṛhasthasya samāmnātam yater api guru-vṛttir vikalpena gṛhasthasyartu-gāminaḥ
etat—this; sarvam—all; gṛhasthasya—of a householder; samāmnātam—described; yateḥ api—even of the person in the renounced order; guru-vṛttiḥ vikalpena—to follow the orders of the spiritual master; gṛhasthasya—of the householder; ṛtu-gāminaḥ—accepting sex only during the period favorable for procreation.
TRANSLATION
All the rules and regulations apply equally to the householder and the sannyāsī, the member of the renounced order of life. The