Text 42] The Movements of the Living Entities 1359

TEXT 42

TATA RATATAT TET |
anred ae arated aa eR

tam dtmano vijaniyat
paty-apatya-grhatmakam

daivopasaditarh mrtyum
mrgayor gayanam yatha

tam—the Lord’s mdyd; at manah—of herself; vijgniydt—she should know;
pati—husband; apatya—children; grha—house; atmakam—consisting of;
daiva—by the authority of the Lord; upasdditam—brought about; mrtyum—
death; mrgayoh—of the hunter; g@yanam—the singing; yathd—as.

TRANSLATION

A woman, therefore, should consider her husband, her house and her
children to be the arrangement of the external energy of the Lord for her
death, just as the sweet singing of the hunter is death for the deer.

PURPORT

In these instructions of Lord Kapiladeva it is explained that not only
is woman the gateway to hell for man, but man is also the gateway to hell
for woman. It is a question of attachment. A man becomes attached to a
woman because of her service, her beauty and many other assets, and
similarly, a woman becomes attached to a man for his giving her a nice
place to live, ornaments, dress and children. It is a question of attachment
for one another. As long as either is attached to the other for such
material enjoyment, the woman is dangerous for the man, and the man is
also dangerous for the woman. But if the attachment is transferred to
Krsna, both of them become Krsna conscious, and then marriage is
very nice. Srila Ripa Gosvami therefore recommends:

andsaktasya visayan
yathartham upayuiijatah
nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe
yuktam vairagyam ucyate
(Bh.r.s. 1.2.255)
