36 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 1

visya —having entered: yateta—must try; ptirvam—first; atyeti—con-
quers: durga-dsritah—being in a fortified place; drjita-arin—very
strong enemies; ksinesu—decreased; kdmam—lusty desires; vicaret—
can go: vipascit—the most experienced, learned.

TRANSLATION

One who is situated in household life and who systematically
conquers his mind and five sense organs is like a king in his
fortress who conquers his powerful enemies. After one has been
trained in household life and his lusty desires have decreased, he
can move anywhere without danger.

PURPORT

The Vedic system of four varnas and four dsramas is very scientific,
and its entire purpose is to enable one to control the senses. Before en-
tering household life (grhastha-dsrama). a student is fully trained to
become jitendriya, a conqueror of the senses. Such a mature student is
allowed to become a householder, and because he was first trained in con-
quering his senses, he retires from household life and becomes
vanaprastha as soon as the strong waves of youthful life are past and he
reaches the verge of old age at fifty years or slightly more. Then, after
being further trained, he accepts sannydsa. He is then a fully learned
and renounced person who can move anywhere and everywhere without
fear of being captivated by material desires. The senses are considered
very powerful enemies. As a king in a strong fortress can conquer
powerful enemies, so a householder in grhastha-asrama, household life,
can conquer the lusty desires of youth and be very secure when he takes
vanaprastha and sannydsa.

TEXT 19
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