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Devotee: Translation = "The attraction between male and female is the basic principle of material existence. On the basis of …

Prabhupāda:

puṁsaḥ striyā mithunī-bhāvam etaṁ tayor mitho hṛdaya-granthim āhuḥ ato gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho ayam ahaṁ mameti

[SB 5.5.8]

This is material world, ahaṁ mameti, "I am this," artho 'ham, balavān aham. "I am everything," aham, "and this is …

So how it begins? The begins, mithunī-bhāvam etam, the unity of man and woman. Mithunī-bhāvam. A man is searching after …

kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāñchā kare pasate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare

[Prema-vivarta]

As soon as we deny to serve Kṛṣṇa, immediately māyā. As soon as we deny to obey the state laws, …

So we should know, puṁsaḥ striyā mithunī-bhāvam etam [SB 5.5.8] = this material world is nothing but a false attraction …

So Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means to learn how to be predominated, not to become predominator. Just the opposite. And Kṛṣṇa …

kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāñchā kare pasate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare

[Prema-vivarta]

Everybody is = "All right, come here." This is the human civilization, to learn that because I wanted to become …

So unless a civilized man is trained up to understand these problems of life, what is that life? That is …

So that is regulated, that you must have wife. Not must have, but if you cannot avoid, take one wife …

So Caitanya Mahāprabhu, therefore He has said, "If we are eager for advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then we can stay …

kibā vipra, kibā śūdra, nyāsī kene naya yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya

[Cc. Madhya 8.128]

Sei guru. Who can become guru? Generally a brāhmaṇa, a sannyāsī, that is, that is..., they are forced. Brāhmaṇa is …