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The Behavior of a Perfect Person
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TEXT 26
तत्रापि दम्पतीनां च सुखायान्यापनुत्तये । कर्माणि कुर्वतां दृष्ट्वा निवृत्तोऽस्मि विपर्ययम् ॥ २६ ॥
tatrāpi dam-patīnāṁ ca sukhāyānyāpanuttaye karmāṇi kurvatāṁ dṛṣṭvā nivṛtto 'smi viparyayam
tatra —there;  api —also;  dam-patīnāṁ —of men and women united by marriage;  ca —and;  sukhāya —for the sake of pleasure, specifically the pleasure of sex life;  anya-apanuttaye —for avoiding misery;  karmāṇi —fruitive activities;  kurvatāṁ —always engaged in;  dṛṣṭvā —by observing;  nivṛttaḥ asmi —I have now ceased (from such activities);  viparyayam —the opposite.
TRANSLATION
In this human form of life, a man and women unite for the sensual pleasure of sex, but by actual experience we have observed that none of them are happy. Therefore, seeing the contrary results, I have stopped taking part in materialistic activities.
PURPORT
As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja,  yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham . Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for some time, but finally there is dissension, and thus there are so many cases of separation and divorce. Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress. Marriage is recommended to give men and women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in  Bhagavad-gītā  by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi : sex life not against the principles of religion is Kṛṣṇa. Every living entity is always eager to enjoy sex life because materialistic life consists of eating, sleeping, sex and fear. In animal life, eating, sleeping, sexual