Quarrelsome
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Guest (1): I mean the Indian method of arranging marriage, by the parents is the best. [break]
Prabhupāda: I have got them married. Although I am not their parents, I asked that "You marry this." They accepted.
Guest (1): That is the right way.
Prabhupāda: Yes. [break] Jagat... Jagat-tāriṇī.
Bhava-bhūti: Oh yes.
Prabhupāda: What is the name, Jagat-tāriṇī?
Viśākhā: Dīna-tāriṇī?
Prabhupāda: No, no, Jagat-tāriṇī?
Bhava-bhūti: Jagat-tāriṇī, yes.
Prabhupāda: Who...
Bhava-bhūti: And Bhūrijana.
Prabhupāda: He married Jagat-tāriṇī. She was a famous artist. So she came to me to surrender, that "I shall become your disciple."
Guest (1): The paintings which was...
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Guest (1): She was painting in that film?
Prabhupāda: No, no. She is another girl. She's Jadurāṇī. So this Jagat-tāriṇī, after some days, I asked her that "You go to Japan. There is my disciple, Bhūrijana. You go and marry him." So she did not see the boy, did not know anything about. And she was very rich. Still, on my order, she went to Japan and married that boy.
Dr. Patel: And is she unhappy?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Dr. Patel: Very happy.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Guest (1): That's guru-vacana.
Dr. Patel: No, no. That guru and... Gurudeva... [break]
Prabhupāda: No. I did not like my wife. Still, I had to marry her. (laughter)
Dr. Patel: And you had not bad days all your life. Or you were quarreling? I am sorry to intrude.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Dr. Patel: Were you?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Dr. Patel: So you are quarrelsome even now. (laughter)
Prabhupāda: My wife... I admit she's very nice lady. But I did not like her. [break] ...if he becomes so, he cannot become Aurobindo Ghosh. If he becomes attached to the wife up to the point of death, he never becomes Aurobindo Ghosh.1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: Yes. I have seen. New York is very dilapidated, many quarters. And especially Second Avenue, those are very dirty. The... On the Fifth Avenue, that Central Park is also very dirty. This civilization will collapse. It cannot be run on. Fourth-class men, I tell. Because it is conducted by the fourth-class men. Ask that gentleman why they are asking. Are they not fourth-class men? They could not manage?
Śrutakīrti: That man last night admitted. He said, "Now I must leave and do my fourth-class activities."
Prabhupāda: Yes, that is fourth class. This is the proof. Fourth-class men administering... Just like misadministration not immediately detected. After some time, when the case is unmanageable, it is detected. Therefore fourth-class men. Simply these Western people, they know how to earn money by hook and crook. So, so long the money is there it is covered, the fourth-class men. And when the money is finished, they are exposed, fourth-class men. They're simply covered by money. No social structure, no spiritual understanding, no character, nothing of the sort. Still India, so fallen, you... 95% people, living, husband and wife, very peacefully. And in the Western countries after six months' marriage, divorce. Are they not fourth class? Even the husband and wife cannot continue peaceful life, what to speak of others. Now this rascal Jawaharlal Nehru has introduced divorce in the Hindu society. Otherwise in the Hindu society separation between husband and wife is not even dreamt of. That, it cannot be. However there may be quarrelsome, but there is no question of separation. Husband and wife, they fight, everywhere. I have seen. My father and mother was fighting. I fought. (laughter) But there is no question of separation. Separation, they never think. Neither the husband can think of, nor the wife can think of. Even in the life of Gandhi there was fight between husband and wife, and the Gandhi one day drove his wife, "Get out from my home." So she was put into the street, and she began to cry, "Where shall I go?" And then Gandhi ans..., "Come on." Yes. And Cāṇakya Paṇḍita said, bambhārambhe laghu-kriyā. The husband and wife may fight. It becomes a very serious thing, but don't take of it as serious. This is Hindu philosophy. Husband and wife quarrel should not be taken as very serious. They fight and again they live peacefully. Why this divorce? The divorce mean it kills the whole family life. The children goes away; the father goes away; the mother goes away. I have seen so many cases.Page Title: | Quarrelsome |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Madhavananda |
Created: | 16 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=4, CC=1, OB=1, Lec=0, Con=2, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 8 |