Here in this material world there is no love because the man and woman, they have no idea that “I mix with the man, the man who satisfies desires with me.” No. “I will satisfy my desires.” This is the basic principle. The man is thinking that “Mixing with this woman, I’ll satisfy my sense desire,” and woman is thinking that “By mixing with this man, I shall satisfy my desire.” Therefore it is very prominent in the Western countries, as soon as there is difficulty in personal sense gratification, immediately divorce.
This is the psychological, why so many divorces in this country. The root cause is that “As soon as I don’t find satisfaction, then I don’t want.” That is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: dam-patyam ratim eva hi. In this age, husband and wife means sex satisfaction, personal. There is no question of that “We shall live together; we shall satisfy Krsna by being trained up how to satisfy Krsna.” That is Krsna consciousness movement. Don’t do anything for your personal sense gratification. Do everything for Krsna’s sense gratification.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.26
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Honolulu, May 26, 1976
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