Marriage means 75% chance you will not go back to Godhead.

September 26, 1999

"Marriage means 75% chance you will not go back to Godhead."

(SP quoted in Servant of the Servant by TKG, Chp2)

rishivatsyan · July 1, 2009

Then why Godhead send all animals with potential for fertility.exception may be there.

Umapati_Dasa · July 2, 2009

Where did he get this percentage from? How could he possibly know this? Many great devotees were also married. Devaki and Vasudeva; Kunti; Dasaratha and Kausalya; Yashoda and Nanda; Janaka, Sita's father... So, what is the basis for this quotation and percentage?

Jahnava Nitai Das · July 2, 2009

Its a one line remembrance by someone of a conversation that took place 30 years ago. Don't give it more emphasis than it deserves. First find the original letter or conversation and see the context. There is no point in imagining what the statement means or was referring to.