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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 14]
somehow or other give it up for the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then the Lord Himself, although not able to be conquered by anyone, comes very much under the control of the devotee. And if the Lord is pleased with a devotee, what is there that is unobtainable? Why should one not give up his affection for his wife and children and take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Where is the loss of anything material? Householder life means attachment for one's wife, whereas  sannyāsa  means detachment from one's wife and attachment to Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 13
रुमिविड्भसनिष्ठान्तं केदं तुञ्छं कलेवरम् । क तदीयरतिर्मायां कायमात्मा नभश्छदिः ॥१३॥
kṛmi-viḍ-bhasma-niṣṭhāntaṁ kvedaṁ tucchaṁ kalevaram kva tadīya-ratir bhāryā kvāyam ātmā nabhaś-chadiḥ
kṛmi —insects, germs;  viṭ —stool;  bhasma —ashes;  niṣṭha —attachment;  antam —at the end;  kva —what is;  idam —this (body);  tuccham —very insignificant;  kalevaram —material tabernacle;  kva —what is that;  tadīya-ratiḥ —attraction for that body;  bhāryā —wife;  kva ayam —what is the value of this body;  ātmā —the Supreme Soul;  nabhaḥ-chadiḥ —all-pervading like the sky.
TRANSLATION
Through proper deliberation, one should give up attraction to his wife's body because that body will ultimately be transformed into small insects, stool or ashes. What is the value of this insignificant body? How much greater is the Supreme Being, who is all-pervading like the sky?
PURPORT
Here also, the same point is stressed: one should give up attachment for his wife—or, in other words, for sex life. If one is intelligent, he can