One wife is brahmacari life
Bhajahari Dasa: The next time Prabhupada visited, many devotees were going to the airport to meet him. I decided to stay at the temple to make sure that everything was nice for his arrival and to make a fruit offering for him. When Prabhupada arrived, he and all the devotees greeted the Deities and then went to his room. I came in quickly with a nice silver plate covered with different fruits. I offered the prasadam, the bhoga at that time, and paid my obeisances. As I was on the floor, Malati piped up, "Srila Prabhupada, Bhajahari has taken a wife since you were here last." I had been struggling for two years to remain a brahmachari, and I felt I had fallen down by getting married. I thought that getting married was a step backwards in spiritual life. So I was thinking, "Oh, give me a break, Malati." But she had said it with so much enthusiasm and joy that everyone said, "Jaya!" As I looked up, embarrassed, Srila Prabhupada was looking at me and smiling. He said, "That's all right; one wife, that is brahmachari life." Prabhupada was always encouraging.
Reference: Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint by Siddhanta Dasa
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