Text 17] King Puraiijana Goes to the Forest to Hunt 1231

When butter is brought into the proximity of fire, it melts. The woman is
like fire, and man is like the butter. But if one gets a chaste wife, accepted
through a religious marriage ritual, she can be of great help when one is
threatened by the many dangerous situations of life. Actually such a wife
can become the source of all good intelligence. With such a good wife, the
family’s engagement in the devotional service of the Lord actually makes a
home a grhastha-dsrama, or household dedicated to spiritual cultivation.

TEXT 17
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rama iicuh
nara-natha na janimas
tvat-priya yad vyavasyati
bhiitale niravastare
Sayanam pasya Satru-han

ramah icuh—the women thus spoke; nara-natha—O King; na janimah—
we do not know; tvat-priya—your beloved; yad vyavasyati-why she has
taken to this sort of life; bhii-tale—on the ground; niravastdre—without
bedding; sayanadm—lying down; pasya—look; satru-han—O killer of the
enemies.

TRANSLATION

All the women addressed the King: O master of the citizens, we do not
know why your dear wife has taken on this sort of existence. O killer of
enemies, kindly look! She is lying on the ground without bedding. We
cannot understand why she is acting this way.

PURPORT

When a person is devoid of devotional service, or visnu-bhakti, he takes
to many sinful activities. King Purafijana left home, neglected his own
wife, and engaged himself in killing animals. This is the position of all
materialistic men. They do not care for a married chaste wife. They take
the wife only as an instrument for sense enjoyment, not as a means for
devotional service. To have unrestricted sex life, the karmis work very hard.
