Prabhupāda: According to Vedic civilization, marriage is allowed to the karmīs. It is not that marriage allowed to the sannyāsī or brahmacārī. The karmīs require sex. Therefore . . . why marriage is allowed to the gṛhastha? Why not to the brahmacārī, vānaprastha or sannyāsī? Why it is not recommended? Because the karmīs require that enlivenment. Therefore they are allowed to marry. So in the European civilization it is only karmīs. There is no question of brahmacārī, vānaprastha or sannyāsa. There is no such idea. Therefore they want new, new girls. And that way they have kept, this artificial law.
Pañcadravida: Outlawing prostitution.
Prabhupāda: Yes. And no prostitution. And no prostitution, what it means? That means there is prostitutes in the society.
Pañcadravida: Everybody's a prostitute.
Prabhupāda: Now, the Vedic civilization is, "All right, you are not satisfied one woman? Don't pollute the innocent girls or in the home, go to the prostitute." Still, in big, big cities, there is a quarter, prostitute quarter, still. They are professional prostitutes.
Pañcadravida: What was the Vedic punishment if somebody broke these moral principles?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Pañcadravida: What would be the punishment in a Vedic society if somebody . . .
Prabhupāda: Oh. Picture, Fifth Canto. You see the description of the hell.
Pañcadravida: Hell. I mean, but within the society itself, there was punishment there also from the king?
Prabhupāda: Everyone who will commit sinful activities will be punished. That is nature's law. Exactly like that if you infect some disease, you must suffer from that disease. The nature's law is so strict, and it is going on. It doesn't require any supervision. The supervisions are already made so perfect. You infect this disease: you suffer from it. That's all.