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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 10]
everything in His character was good, untinged by qualities like anger. He taught good behavior for everyone, especially for householders, in terms of  varṇāśrama-dharma . Thus He taught the general public by His personal activities.
PURPORT
Eka-patnī-vrata , accepting only one wife, was the glorious example set by Lord Rāmacandra. One should not accept more than one wife. In those days, of course, people did marry more than one wife. Even Lord Rāmacandra's father accepted more wives than one. But Lord Rāmacandra, as an ideal king, accepted only one wife, mother Sītā. When mother Sītā was kidnapped by Rāvaṇa and the Rākṣasas, Lord Rāmacandra, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, could have married hundreds and thousands of Sītās, but to teach us how faithful He was to His wife, He fought with Rāvaṇa and finally killed him. The Lord punished Rāvaṇa and rescued His wife to instruct men to have only one wife. Lord Rāmacandra accepted only one wife and manifested sublime character, thus setting an example for householders. A householder should live according to the ideal of Lord Rāmacandra, who showed how to be a perfect person. Being a householder or living with a wife and children is never condemned, provided one lives according to the regulative principles of  varṇāśrama-dharma . Those who live in accordance with these principles, whether as householders,  brahmacārīs  or  vānaprasthas , are all equally important.
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प्रेम्णानुवृत्त्या शीलेन प्रश्रयावनता सती । 
  भिष्या हिया च भावज्ञा भर्तुः सीताहरन्मनः ॥५५॥
premṇānuvṛttyā śīlena  
 praśrayāvanatā satī  
 bhiyā hriyā ca bhāva-jñā  
 bhartuḥ sītāharan manaḥ
premṇā anuvṛttyā —because of service rendered to the husband with love and faith;  śīlena —by such good character;  praśraya-avanatā —al-