1288 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 30
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aksiptatmendriyah strinam
asatinam ca mayaya
raho racitayalapaih
Sisiinam kala-bhasinam

aksipta—charmed; atma—heart; indriyah—his senses; strinam—of women;
asatinam—false; ca—and; mayayai—by maya; rahah—in a solitary place;
racitaya— displayed; alapaih—by the talking; sisinam—of the children; kala-
bhasinam—with sweet words.

TRANSLATION

He gives heart and senses to a woman who falsely charms him with
maya. He enjoys solitary embraces and talking with her, and he is enchant-
ed by the sweet words of the small children.

PURPORT

Family life within the kingdom of illusory energy, maya, is just like a
prison for the eternal living entity. In prison a prisoner is shackled by iron
chains and iron bars. Similarly, a conditioned soul is shackled by the
charming beauty of a woman, by her solitary embraces and talks of so-
called love, and by the sweet words of his small children. Thus he forgets
his real identity.

In this verse the words strinam asatinam indicate that womanly love is
just to agitate the mind of man. Actually, in the material world there is no
love. Both the woman and the man are interested in their sense gratifica-
tion. For sense gratification a woman creates an illusory love, and the man
becomes enchanted by such false love and forgets his real duty. When
there are children as the result of such a combination, the next attraction
is to the sweet words of the children. The love of the woman at home and
the talk of the children make one a secure prisoner, and thus he cannot
leave his home. Such a person is termed, in Vedic language, a grhamedhi,
which means one whose center of attraction is home. Grhastha refers to
one who lives with family, wife and children but whose real purpose of
