Mohini Murti Devi Dasi ; Man and woman both seek sexual enjoyment, and when they are united by the ritualistic ceremony of marriage, they are happy for some time, but finally there is dissension, and thus there are so many cases of separation and divorce. Although every man and woman is actually eager to enjoy life through sexual unity, the result is disunity and distress. Marriage is recommended to give men and women a concession for restricted sex life, which is also recommended in Bhagavad-gita by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dharma-viruddho bhutesu kamo ’smi: sex life not against the principles of religion is Krishna. (SB 7.13.26, purport)
By the Vedic injunction, the wife is accepted as the better half of a man’s body because she is responsible for discharging half of the duties of the husband. . . . When a man becomes qualitatively like the cats and dogs, he forgets his duties in cultivating spiritual values, and thus he accepts his wife as a sense gratificatory agency. When the wife is accepted as a sense gratificatory agency, personal beauty is the main consideration, and as soon as there is a break in personal sense gratification, there is disruption or divorce. But when husband and wife aim at spiritual advancement by mutual cooperation, there is no consideration of personal beauty or the disruption of so-called love. Marriage is actually a duty performed in mutual cooperation as directed in the authoritative scriptures for spiritual advancement. (SB 3.14.19, purport)
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