Householder Life and the Pursuit of Pleasure

Personal history of temple residences

0:04Prabhupāda: ...no woman can... [break] So I took it very a cheap price. There was no question of woman. I kept my office there. And the address was Multani temple. This is a famous temple, from [indistinct], Grant Road.

0:25And in my retired life my office was there, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple, and Delhi, Chippiwada. And my residence was Rādhā-Dāmodara temple. And before that, that Keśī Ghāṭa. Who has seen that? You have...?

0:49Devotee: Oh, yes.

0:50Prabhupāda: That was also temple. Yes. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Kṛṣṇa has arranged.

0:52Indian devotee (2): Very nice side, Prabhupāda, there.

0:56Prabhupāda: I lived in that house for seven years. And then I came to Rādhā-Dāmodara temple.

1:08Devotee: Very nice there.

1:12Prabhupāda: Huh? Which way? [break] ...stayed in that Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple, Malliks. And still I am living in temple. So Kṛṣṇa has arranged nicely, from the beginning of my life, temple. Which way? This way? [break]

Definition of medha and gṛhamedhī

1:59Medha. This is called medha, this rod, central. So the, the bull is bound up with it, and he goes round, goes round, all day. So gṛhamedhī means center is home, and he goes round, throughout the whole life.

2:25They are called gṛhamedhīs.

2:28Hṛdayānanda: This is called medha.

2:29Prabhupāda: Medha, yes.

Spiritual suicide in household life

2:32Another medha means killing. So one who keeps himself in household life, he kills himself. Killing. Gṛhamedhī. And that is little long-term meaning. But this is the direct meaning.

Futile busyness of materialistic life

2:52The medha rod is there, and he simply... He's very busy. Busy means within few feet. But he's thinking he's very busy. Anyone got..., he has got home, and he's simply rounding about. Anywhere you go, the center is that.

3:17And what is that gṛha? [aside:] Where? Which way?

3:23Bhavānanda: This way, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

3:26Prabhupāda: Na gṛhaṁ gṛham ity āhur gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate CC Adi 15.27

Wife as the center of home

3:33The gṛham, house, is not actually gṛha. Gṛha means the wife. Gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate na gṛhaṁ gṛham ity āhuḥ. Gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate. So to become householder means one must have a wife. So actually round the wife.

4:14Gṛhamedhī: round the wife. And what is wife means, everyone knows. It means round that thing. Is that good analysis?

4:29Devotees: Jaya.

4:31Prabhupāda: Na gṛhaṁ gṛham ucyate. [break] ...explain.

Happiness based on sex life

4:45It is not my manufacture. What is said? Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi. Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi. Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi... [break] ...tuccham. The gṛhamedhī's happiness, what is that happiness? Maithunādi: sex.

5:14Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukham. Gṛhamedhi-sukham SB 7.9.45Those who are gṛhamedhīs, what is their happiness? Sex, that's all. Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukham. And what is that sex?

Comparing sex to itching hands

5:34Kaṇḍūyanena karayor iva duḥkha-duḥkham. It is itching between the two hands. Kaṇḍūyanena kara. But the..., after that itching, there is very bad effect. Kaṇḍūyanena karayor iva duḥkha-duḥkham—that is unhappiness.

5:54Therefore tṛpyanti neha kṛpaṇā bahu-duḥkha-bhājaḥ SB 7.9.45Those who are kṛpaṇā, they are not satisfied. They want to do it... [break] [end]