Text 2] Attack by Candavega on the City of Purafijana 1247
platform of goodness. If a husband situated in the mode of goodness can
control his wife, who is in passion and ignorance, the woman is benefited.
Forgetting her natural inclination for passion and ignorance, the woman
becomes obedient and faithful to her husband, who is situated in goodness.
Such a life becomes very welcome. The intelligence of the man and
woman may then work very nicely together, and they can make a progres-
sive march towards spiritual realization. Otherwise, the husband, coming
under the control of the wife, sacrifices his quality of goodness and
becomes subservient to the qualities of passion and ignorance. In this way
the whole situation becomes polluted.

The conclusion is that a household life is better than a sinful life devoid
of responsibility, but if in the household life the husband becomes subor-
dinate to the wife, involvement in materialistic life again becomes promi-
nent. In this way a man’s material bondage becomes enhanced. Because of
this, according to the Vedic system, after a certain age a man is recom-
mended to abandon his family life for the stages of vanaprastha and
sannyasa,

TEXT 2
A UA AeA TIT FAA ATTA |
ETARIT — TATAHT ATTA I! 8 I!
sa raja mahisim rajan
susnatam rucirananam
krta-svasty-ayanam trptam
abhyanandad upagatam

sah—he; raja— the King; mahistm—the Queen; rajan—O King; su-snatam—
nicely bathed; rucira-Gnanam—attractive face; krta-svasti-ayanam—dressed
with auspicious garments and ornaments; trptam—satistied; abh yanandat—
he welcomed; upagatam—approached.

TRANSLATION

The Queen took her bath and dressed herself nicely with all auspicious
garments and ornaments. After taking food and becoming completely
satisfied, she returned to the King. Upon seeing her beautifully decorated
attractive face, the King welcomed her with all devotion.
