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Imported quote 17853 His first was... Kaumaram... Bhakta? I forget now. My memory is becoming old. [laughs] So, kaumara acaret prajno dharman bhagavatan iha [SB 7.6.1]. That, he was preaching: "My dear friends, we are now unmarried boys, so this is the opportunity. Now we are unmarried; we are not very much attached to family life. This is the opportunity." Kaumara acaret prajnaḥ. Because as soon as one becomes materially affectionate... Here it is said, prakrtena atmana vipraḥ sneha-moha-vasam. The more we increase... When the child, when we are children, we have got little affection for playing or for father, mother, that's all. Limited. But the more we grow, and especially when you are married, then this material affection increases, more entangled. That is also stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: pumsaḥ striya mithuni-bhavam etam [SB 5.5.8]. This material life means sex life. So a man is searching after woman, and woman is searching after man. This is material bondage. This is natural, not only human society, in dog society. Just see. The dog is crying, is crying at night because he has lost that woman. Is it not? Just see, even in the dog, what to speak of human being. So this is material life, to be affectionate unnecessarily. Therefore devotional service means vairagya-vidya. Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed by His example how He gave up the affection of young, beautiful wife, very nice home, most affectionate mother, most influential position in the society-gave up.
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