required in family

So atah grha. As soon as a man and woman or a male-female, either bird, beast or human being or demigods, everyone... Then he requires home, grha, then land to produce food, grha-ksetra, then children. Grha-ksetra. Because when a man is married, the social life, if he has no children, that is means vacant home. Putra-hinam grham sunyam. Canakya Pandita has said, vidya hinam jivanam sunyam: "One who is not educated, his life is zero." Vidya hinam jivanam sunyam. And disah sunya deha abandhavah: "And if you want to go to some foreign place, if that place is not a holy place..." Because according to Vedic system, they go on touring to see holy places, tirtha-sthana, or to a friend's house. "So if you are going to some foreign countries, if there is no friend and no devata, then it is useless." Disah sunya deha abandhavah. Or putra-hinam grham sunyam: "You are married, but you have no children. That is also vacant, zero." Putra-hinam grham sunyam. Sarva-sunya daridrata: "But if you are poor, then everything is zero." Your vidya is zero, your home is zero, and your friend is zero, because nobody will care you. (More...)

The household duty of a man is not to satisfy his sense gratification, but to remain with a wife and children and at the same time attain advancement in spiritual life. One who does not do so is not a householder but a grhamedhi.

The words grhamedhisu karmasu mean in household duties. Another word is also used here: sarvatmananurupam. The purport is that a wife should not only be equal to her husband in age, character and qualities, but she must be helpful to him in his household duties. The household duty of a man is not to satisfy his sense gratification, but to remain with a wife and children and at the same time attain advancement in spiritual life. One who does not do so is not a householder but a grhamedhi. Two words are used in Sanskrit literature; one is grhastha, and the other is grhamedhi. The difference between grhamedhi and grhastha is that grhastha is also an asrama, or spiritual order, but if one simply satisfies his senses as a householder, then he is a grhamedhi. For a grhamedhi, to accept a wife means to satisfy the senses, but for a grhastha a qualified wife is an assistant in every respect for advancement in spiritual activities. It is the duty of the wife to take charge of household affairs and not to compete with the husband. A wife is meant to help, but she cannot help her husband unless he is completely equal to her in age, character and quality. (More...)