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than to please him through selfless service. Eventually
her husband had a change of consciousness because of
his wife’s sincere purity of service for him. This is only
possible because she was a pure devotee.
The will power to be a chaste wife is possible if one
is completely dedicated to serving Krishna under the
protection and instruction of a bona fide Vaisnava
guru. Srila Prabhupada writes in his commentary to the
above verse: “The example is given (of Silavati) herein to
emphasize that a devotee should engage himself exclusively
for the satisfaction of Krishna, without personal motives.
That will make his life successful.” (CC Antya 20.57 –
purport) Silavati’s example of complete surrender to please
her husband is used by Lord Chaitanya to also indicate
that the purity of Radharani’s love for Krishna, which is
similarly unconditional without the slightest tinge of Her
personal sense gratification.
Srila Prabhupada has given many instructions how a
husband and wife can live peacefully and happily in
married life. He has said: “…The husband’s duty is to give
the wife all protection, even from the material maya, and
the wife’s duty is to see to the personal comforts of the
husband. In this way the husband and wife in cooperative
spirit should execute Krishna Consciousness. That is my
mission. In your country, practically everyone has no
home life. So this Krishna Consciousness movement is
giving them home life and the chance to live peacefully
with wife and family.” (Letter to Gaurasundara -- Los
Angeles 16 January, 1969)

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