Text 11] The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes 67
about associating even with his daughter, mother or sister, not to speak
of other women. Srila Madhvacarya cites the following slokas in this
regard:
bahutvenaiva vastiinam
yathartha-jnanam ucyate
advaita-jnanam ity etad
dvaita-jnanam tad-anyatha
yatha jrdnam tatha vastu
yatha vastus tatha matih
naiva jianarthayor bhedas
tata ekatva-vedanam
Unity in variety is real knowledge, and therefore giving up variety ar-
tificially does not reflect perfect knowledge of monism. According to the
acintya-bhedabheda philosophy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there are
varieties, but all of them constitute one unit. Such knowledge is knowl-
edge of perfect oneness.
TEXT 11
Cad at TEMA sara sacha
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etat sarvam grhasthasya
samamndatam yater api
guru-vrttir vikalpena
grhasthasyartu-gaminah
etat—this; sarvam—all;  grhasthasya—of a _ householder;
sama@mnétam—described; yateh api—even of the person in the
renounced order; guru-vrttih vikalpena—to follow the orders of the
spiritual master; grhasthasya—of the householder; rtu-gaminah—ac-
cepting sex only during the period favorable for procreation.
TRANSLATION
All the rules and regulations apply equally to the householder
and the sannyasi, the member of the renounced order of life. The
