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Ideal Family Life
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“One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work.” Whether one acts as a  brahmacārī ,  gṛhastha ,  vānaprastha  or  sannyāsī , he must act only for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,  Vāsudeva — Kṛṣṇa , the son of  Vasudeva . This should be the principle for everyone’s life. Nārada Muni has already described the principles of life for a  brahmacārī ,  vānaprastha  and  sannyāsī , and now he is describing how a  gṛhastha  should live. The basic principle is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The science of satisfying the Supreme Lord can be learned as described here:  sākṣād upāsīta mahā-munīn . The word  mahā-munīn  refers to great saintly persons or devotees. Saintly persons are generally known as  munis , or thoughtful philosophers concerned with transcendental subject matters, and  mahā-munīn  refers to those who have not only thoroughly studied the goal of life but who are actually engaged in satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead,  Vāsudeva . These persons are known as devotees. Unless one associates with devotees, one cannot learn the science of  vāsudevārpaṇa , or dedicating one’s life to  Vāsudeva ,  Kṛṣṇa , the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In India the principles of this science were followed strictly. Even fifty years ago, I saw that in the villages of Bengal and the suburbs of Calcutta, people engaged in hearing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  daily when all their activities ended, or at least in the evening before going to bed. Everyone would hear the  Bhāgavatam .  Bhāgavata  classes were held in every village, and thus people had the advantage of hearing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which describes everything about the aim of life—liberation or salvation. This will be clearly explained in the next verses.
TEXTS 3-4
शृण्वन्मगवतोऽभीक्षणमवतारकथामृतम् । 
    श्रद्धानो यथाकालमुपशान्तजनावृतः ॥ ३ ॥ 
    सत्सङ्गाञ्छनकैः सङ्गमात्मजायात्मजादिषु । 
    विमुञ्चेन्मुच्यमानेषु स्वयं स्वप्नवदुत्थितः ॥ ४ ॥