224 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 6
A grhastha, vanaprastha, sannydsi and brahmacari should be very
careful when associating with women. One is forbidden to sit down in a
solitary place even with one’s mother. sister or daughter. In our Krsna
consciousness movement it has been very difficult to disassociate our-
selves from women in our society, especially in Western countries. We
are therefore sometimes criticized, but nonetheless we are trying to give
everyone a chance to chant the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra and thus ad-
vance spiritually. If we stick to the principle of chanting the Hare Krsna
mahda-mantra offenselessly, then, by the grace of Srila Haridasa
Thakura, we may be saved from the allurement of women. However, if
we are not very strict in chanting the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra, we may
at any time fall victim to women.
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Tift: HIT TaRsa gat ie il
nityam dadati kamasya
cchidram tam anu ye ’rayah
yoginah krta-maitrasya
patyur jadyeva pumscali

nityam—always; dadati—gives; kamasya—of lust; chidram—facili-
ty; tam—that (lust); anu—following; ye—those; arayah—enemies;
yoginah—of the yogis or persons trying to advance in spiritual life; krta-
maitrasya—having put faith in the mind; patyuh—of the husband; jaya
iva—like the wife; purmscali—who is unchaste or easily carried away by
other men.

TRANSLATION

An unchaste woman is very easily carried away by paramours,
and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by
her paramours. If the yogi gives his mind a chance and does not
restrain it, his mind will give facility to enemies like lust, anger
and greed, and they will doubtlessly kill the yogi.
