"Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up but should be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity, and penance purify even the great souls." The Supreme Lord Krishna speaks in Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Ch 18, text 5
From Prabhupada's purport to this verse:
"There are many purificatory processes for advancement of human society to spiritual life. The marriage ceremony is one of these sacrifices. The Lord says that any sacrifice which is meant for human welfare should never be given up. The marriage ceremony is meant to regulate the human mind to become peaceful for spiritual advancement."
Lord Chaitanya said to a devotee, "Be patient and return home. Don't be a crazy fellow. By and by you will be able to cross the ocean of material existence. You should not be a show bottle devotee and become a false renunciate. For the time being, enjoy the material world in a befitting way but do not get attached to it. Within your heart, you should keep
yourself very faithful but externally, you may act like an ordinary person. Thus Lord Krishna will soon be pleased with you and deliver you from the clutches of Maya." Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi Lila 15.26-27
"Marriage with a view to peaceful and virtuous life and with a view to procreate servants of the Lord is a good institution for a Vaishnava." Shrila Bhaktivinode Thakur (a great Vaishnava Acharya who demonstrated a wonderful household life)
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But we shall always do everything in cooperative spirit and avoid any fighting amongst us,that is Vaisnava attitude because Lord Caitanya has advised us to always offer all respects to others, especially to the devotees of the Lord.
Letter
to Jagadisa das, Hyderbhad, Nov. 18, 1972
A devotee should see that because Krsna is present in everyone's heart as Paramatma, every body is the embodiment or the temple of the Supreme Lord; so as one offers respect to the temple of the Lord, he should similarly properly respect each and every body in which the Paramatma dwells. Everyone should therefore be given proper respect and should not be neglected.
Bhagavad gita 9.11 Purport
The wife of King Puraïjana was lying on the ground because she was neglected by her husband. Actually the woman must always be protected by her husband. We always speak of the goddess of fortune as being placed on the chest of Narayana. In other words, the wife must remain embraced by her husband. Thus she becomes beloved and well protected. Just as one saves his money and places it under his own personal protection, one should similarly protect his wife by his own personal supervision. Just as intelligence is always within the heart, so a beloved chaste wife should always have her place on the chest of a good husband. This is the proper relationship between husband and wife. A wife is therefore called ardhangani, or half of the body. One cannot remain with only one leg, one hand or only one side of the body. He must have two sides. Similarly, according to nature's way, husband and wife should live together.
Srimad Bhagavatam 4.26.17 Purport
Marriage between husband and wife means that the husband
must forever be responsible for the wife's well-being and protection in all cases. That does not mean that now there is agreement between us, therefore I am responsible, but as soon as there is some disagreement then I immediately flee the scene and become so-called renounced. Whether your husband likes to take responsibility as your spiritual guide or not, that does not matter. He must do it. It is his duty because he has taken you as his wife. Therefore he must take full responsibility for you the rest of his life. And you also must agree to serve him under all circumstances and assist him in every way so that he may make advancement in Krsna Consciousness. By his making advancement in Krsna Consciousness, automatically the wife will make advancement in the husband's footsteps.
Letter
to Sudevi, September 15, 1972, Los Angeles