Page 34 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

being based on spiritual understanding, arranges
association with women very cautiously. Out of the four
social divisions, the members of the first order (namely
brahmacarya), the third order (vanaprastha) and the
fourth order (sannyasa) are strictly prohibited from female
association. Only in one order, the householder, is there
license to mix with women under restricted conditions. In
other words, attraction for women’s association is the cause
of the material conditional life, and anyone interested in
being freed from this conditional life must detach himself
from the association of women.”

“At the sight of his own daughter, Brahma was bewildered
by her charm and shamelessly ran up to her in the form of
a stag when she took the form of a hind.” (SB 3.31.36)

Purport: “Lord Brahma’s being captivated by the charms of
his daughter and Lord Siva’s being captivated by the Mohini
form of the Lord are specific instances, which instruct us
that even great demigods like Brahma and Lord Siva, what
to speak of the ordinary conditioned soul, are captivated
by the beauty of woman. Therefore, everyone is advised
that one should not freely mix even with one’s daughter or
with one’s mother or with one’s sister, because the senses
are so strong that when one becomes infatuated, the senses
do not consider the relationship of daughter, mother,
or sister. It is best, therefore, to practice controlling the

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