Srimad Bhagvatam
TRANSLATION
THE WOMAN WHO ENGAGES IN THE SERVICE OF HER HUSBAND, FOLLOWING STRICTLY IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE, SURELY RETURNS HOME, BACK TO GODHEAD, WITH HER DEVOTEE HUSBAND, AND LIVES VERY HAPPILY IN THE VAIKUNTHA PLANETS.
PURPORT
The faithfulness of the goddess of fortune is the ideal for a chaste woman. The Brahma-samhita (5.29) says, lakshmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam. In the Vaikuntha planets, LORD VISHNU IS WORSHIPED BY MANY, MANY THOUSANDS OF GODDESSES OF FORTUNE, AND IN GOLOKA VRNDAVANA, LORD KRSHNA IS WORSHIPED BY MANY, MANY THOUSANDS OF GOPIS, ALL OF WHOM ARE GODDESSES OF FORTUNE.
A WOMAN SHOULD SERVE HER HUSBAND AS FAITHFULLY AS THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE. A MAN SHOULD BE AN IDEAL SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND A WOMAN SHOULD BE AN IDEAL WIFE LIKE THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE. THEN BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL BE SO FAITHFUL AND STRONG THAT BY ACTING TOGETHER THEY WILL RETURN HOME, BACK TO GODHEAD, WITHOUT A DOUBT. In this regard, Srila Madhvacharya gives this opinion:
A WOMAN SHOULD THINK OF HER HUSBAND AS THE SUPREME LORD.
SIMILARLY, A DISCIPLE SHOULD THINK OF THE SPIRITUAL MASTER AS THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, A SHÜDRA SHOULD THINK OF A BRAHMANA AS THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, AND A SERVANT SHOULD THINK OF HIS MASTER AS THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.
IN THIS WAY, ALL OF THEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME DEVOTEES OF THE LORD. IN OTHER WORDS, BY THINKING THIS WAY, ALL OF THEM WILL BECOME KRSHNA CONSCIOUS.
