Page 17 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

The ninth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam reveals much truth
about the material and spiritual aspects of the relationship
between men and women. In the Srimad Bhagavatam
9.10.11 it is said,

“When Ramachandra entered the forest and Lakshmana
was also absent, the worst of the Raksasas, Ravana,
kidnapped Sitadevi, the daughter of the King of Videha,
just as a tiger seizes unprotected sheep when the Shepard
is absent. Then Lord Ramachandra wandered in the forest
with His brother Lakshmana as if very much distressed
due to separation from His wife. Thus he showed by His
personal example the condition of a person attached to
women.” Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport to this
verse, “In this verse the words stri-sanginam gatim iti
indicate that the condition of a person attached to women
was shown by the Lord Himself. …… Whether in the forest
or at home, if one is attached to women this attachment is
always troublesome, as shown by the Supreme Personality
of Godhead by His personal example.”

“Of course, this is the material side of stri-sangi, but the
situation of Lord Ramachandra is spiritual, for He does
not belong to the material world. Narayanah paro vyaktat:
Narayana is beyond the material creation. Because he
is the creator of the material world, He is not subject to
the conditions of the material world. The separation of

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