kiá¹ vidyayÄ kiá¹ tapasÄ
kiá¹ tyÄgena Å›rutena vÄ
kiá¹ viviktena maunena
strībhir yasya mano hṛtam
kim - what is the use; vidyayÄ - of knowledge; kim - what; tapasÄ - of austerities; kim - what; tyÄgena - of renunciation; Å›rutena - of having studied the scriptures; vÄ - or; kim - what; viviktena - of solitude; maunena - of silence; strÄ«bhiḥ - by women; yasya - whose; manaḥ - the mind; há¹›tam - taken away.
What is the use of a big education or the practice of austerities and renunciation, and what is the use of studying religious scriptures, of living in solitude and silence, if, after all that, one’s mind is stolen by a woman?
All of the above-mentioned processes are useless if one’s heart and mind are stolen by an insignificant woman. One who hankers after a woman’s association certainly spoils his spiritual progress. ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura states that if one worships the example of the liberated gopÄ«s of Vá¹›ndÄvana, who accepted Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa as their paramour, one can free one’s mental activities from the contamination of lust.
