Fire & butter

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If a butter pot and fire are kept together, the butter within the pot will

certainly melt. Woman is compared to fire, and man in compared to a butter pot.

However advanced one may be in restraining the senses, it is almost impossible

for a man to keep himself controlled in the presence of a woman, even if she is

his own daughter, mother or sister. Indeed, his mind is agitated even if one is

in the renounced order of life. Therefore, Vedic civilization carefully

restricts mingling between men and women. If one cannot understand the basic

principle of restraining association between man and woman, he is to be

considered an animal. That is the purport of this verse. (7.12.9 text &

purport)