Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.64

tām eva toshayām āsa

pitryenārthena yāvatā

grāmyair manoramaih kāmaih

prasīdeta yathā tathā

SYNONYMS

tām — her (the prostitute); eva — indeed; toshayām āsa — he tried to please; pitryena — he got from his father's hard labor; arthena — by the money; yāvatā — as long as possible; grāmyaih — material; manah-ramaih — pleasing to her mind; kāmaih — by presentations for sense enjoyment; prasīdeta — she would be satisfied; yathā — so that; tathā — in that way.

TRANSLATION

Thus Ajāmila began spending whatever money he had inherited from his father to satisfy the prostitute with various material presentations so that she would remain pleased with him. He gave up all his brahminical activities to satisfy the prostitute.

PURPORT

There are many instances throughout the world in which even a purified person, being attracted by a prostitute, spends all the money he has inherited. Prostitute hunting is so abominable that the desire for sex with a prostitute can ruin one's character, destroy one's exalted position and plunder all one's money. Therefore illicit sex is strictly prohibited. One should be satisfied with his married wife, for even a slight deviation will create havoc. A Krishna conscious grihastha should always remember this. He should always be satisfied with one wife and be peaceful simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. Otherwise at any moment he may fall down from his good position, as exemplified in the case of Ajāmila.

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