Category:My Wife (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda's reflections on his marriage offer a profound lesson in detachment and complete surrender to the mission of his spiritual master. Married at a young age according to tradition, he fulfilled his familial duties as a gṛhastha while internally remaining aloof from domestic attachments. By the grace of Kṛṣṇa, this lack of worldly infatuation ultimately culminated in his total renunciation, enabling him to leave behind his household and execute the divine order of his Guru Mahārāja.
- The Grace of Detachment: Prabhupāda explains that his natural lack of affection for family life was actually a divine blessing that protected him from worldly entanglement.
- Duty Over Illusion: Although he strictly followed the regulative principles as a gṛhastha, the resistance he faced at home served as a catalyst for dedicating his life completely to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- The Turning Point: The famous ultimatum regarding his wife's habit of drinking tea perfectly illustrates the definitive moment of separation between material compromises and the absolute path of preaching.
- Executing the Divine Order: Leaving his home, wife, and children was not an act of mundane frustration but a supreme sacrifice to fulfill the instruction of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda's Wife - from Family Life to Renunciation.
Pages in category "My Wife (Prabhupada)"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- I accepted my father's advice, and by his blessings only, I was never attached to my wife or home, which resulted in my complete liberation from worldly attachment and my devoting myself fully in Krishna Consciousness
- I was married during my student life in 1918 with Radharani Devi
- I was married when my wife was only eleven years old. And at the age of fourteen years she gave birth to first child
- In my family life, when I was in the midst of my wife and children, sometimes I was dreaming my spiritual master, that he's calling me, and I was following him
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- I (Prabhupada) think I have spoken about my own life. You know that I was a married man. So after being married, I did not like my wife. (laughter) Somehow or other, I did not like
- I am an old man - seventy-two years old. I have been away from my family during the last fourteen years. Yet sometimes I also think of my wife and children. This is quite natural. But that does not mean I have to go back. This is knowledge
- I gave her (my wife) final, that "Either you have to give up your tea or your husband." (laughter) So she agreed to give up husband, not tea. (laughter) So I left my home. That's all. (laughter)
- I have given up my wife and children for this purpose. If I am engaged in family life, then I cannot do this missionary work. I have taken absolute shelter to this work without any disturbance
- I heard that my mother-in-law was married at the age of seven years. I was grhastha, and I was also married . . . My wife was eleven years. So in that minor ages, there is no actually love between husband and wife
- I may inform you in this connection about my family life. Actually, I never liked my wife. I was going to marry another, but my father saved me from the danger and he told me that you do not like your wife, that is the grace of Krishna
- I was also young man. I also, I was also married, and I have got my wife still living and my family is still living, but some way or other, by practicing or by some knowledge, I have come out of the clutches
- In my household life I was strictly following the regulative principles but my wife was reluctant to assist me properly. Therefore I was obliged to give up their company
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- My father has died. My elderly . . . my mother has died, my grandfather has died. Therefore I will also die. And my next generation, he will also die. My wife also will die. So everybody will die. Asatsv api
- My life is simple. I was householder. I have still my wife, my children, my grandsons. My Guru Maharaja ordered me "Go & preach this cult in the Western countries." So I left everything on the order of my Guru Maharaja, & I am trying to execute the order
- My only hope is Srila Bhaktisidhanta Sarasvati Thakura. I have no one else. In my house my wife and son did not help me, so I left my home. I thought the Godbrothers would help me, but even that I did not get
- My wife gave birth at the age of fourteen years. She is still living. She is ten years younger than me. So sixty-eight, sixty-nine she is. She gave birth child at the age of fourteen. In 1918 I was married, and 1921 she gave birth to child, my first son
- My wife was taking tea. So I asked her not to take tea, not to take tea. But she didn't care husband
- Myself, I was very young when I got married, and my wife was 11 years only. But there is no question of separation in our marriage belief, neither your daughter will ever be separated from that boy, that is their vow