Legitimate Burglars - Prabhupada 0585

721021 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana

So this world, material world, is like that. So divā cārthehayā rājan kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā (SB 2.1.3). And as soon as they get money, they want to purchase. The wife says: "I want so many, so much, so many dollars for my this purpose." "All right, take it." The children says . . . therefore in the Bhāgavata they are called svajanākhya-dasyu. Dasyu means burglars. So the wife and children, they are legitimate burglars. Yes.

If somebody takes your money from the pocket, he becomes pickpocket, criminal, but if your wife takes it away, you very become pleased: "Oh, how my wife is nice." (laughter) So they are called svajanākhya-dasyu. It is taken as love. "How much my wife loves that (s)he is taking all my money from pocket." (laughter)