View source for When a living entity is in such bewilderment that he is under the control of his wife, or material intelligence, he has to satisfy the intelligence of his so-called wife and act exactly according to her dictates

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"When a living entity is in such bewilderment that he is under the control of his wife, or material intelligence, he has to satisfy the intelligence of his so-called wife and act exactly according to her dictates"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Krsnadas}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|07Dec11}}
{{last|07Dec11}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:When]]
[[Category:Living Entities]]
[[Category:In Such]]
[[Category:Bewilderment]]
[[Category:That]]
[[Category:Under Control]]
[[Category:His]]
[[Category:Wife]]
[[Category:Material]]
[[Category:Intelligence]]
[[Category:He Has To]]
[[Category:Satisfaction]]
[[Category:His]]
[[Category:So-called]]
[[Category:Wife]]
[[Category:Act]]
[[Category:Exactly]]
[[Category:According]]
[[Category:Dictate]]
</div>
<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3>
</div>
<div id="SB42556_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="1113" link="SB 4.25.56" link_text="SB 4.25.56">
<div class="heading">When a living entity is in such bewilderment that he is under the control of his wife, or material intelligence, he has to satisfy the intelligence of his so-called wife and act exactly according to her dictates. Various śāstras advise that for material convenience one should keep his wife always satisfied by giving her ornaments and by following her instructions. In this way there will be no trouble in family life.
</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.25.56|SB 4.25.56, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div class="trans text" style="display: inline; "><p style="display: inline; ">Being thus entangled in different types of mental concoction and engaged in fruitive activities, King Purañjana came completely under the control of material intelligence and was thus cheated. Indeed, he used to fulfill all the desires of his wife, the Queen.</p>
</div>
<div class="purport text"><p>When a living entity is in such bewilderment that he is under the control of his wife, or material intelligence, he has to satisfy the intelligence of his so-called wife and act exactly according to her dictates. Various śāstras advise that for material convenience one should keep his wife always satisfied by giving her ornaments and by following her instructions. In this way there will be no trouble in family life. Therefore for one's own social benefit, one is advised to keep his wife satisfied. In this way, when one becomes the servant of his wife, he must act according to the desires of his wife. Thus one becomes more and more entangled. In Bengal it is said that if one becomes an obedient servant of his wife, he loses all reputation. However, the difficulty is that unless one becomes a most obedient servant of his wife, family life becomes disturbed. In the Western countries this disturbance gives rise to the divorce law, and in Eastern countries like India there is separation. Now this disturbance is confirmed by the new introduction of the divorce law in India. Within the heart, the mind is acting, thinking, feeling and willing, and falling under the control of one's wife is the same as falling under the control of material intelligence. Thus one begets children by his wife and becomes entangled in so many activities under the control of mental concoctions.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>