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Lakshmidevi advices all woman devotees

My dear Lord, You automatically fulfill all the desires of a woman who worships Your lotus feet in pure love. However, if a woman worships Your lotus feet for a particular purpose, You also quickly fulfill her desires, but in the end she becomes broken-hearted and laments. Therefore one need not worship Your lotus feet for some material benefit. Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.21

Sin at your own risk

Why does the Supreme Personality of Godhead permit sinful activities?  The Supreme Lord does not want any living being to act sinfully, and He begs him through his good conscience to refrain from sin. But when someone insists upon acting sinfully, the Supreme Lord gives him the sanction to act at his own risk ( mattaḥ  smṛtir  jñānam   apohanaṁ   ca  [Bg.  15.15 ]). No one can do anything without the sanction of the Lord, but He is so kind that when the conditioned soul persists in doing something, the Lord permits the individual soul to act at his own risk. From Srila Prabhupada's purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.3 

Krsna is the only real husband

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)  »  Canto 5: The Creative Impetus  »  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN ŚB 5.18.19 स्त्रियो व्रतैस्त्वा हृषीकेश्वरं स्वतो ह्याराध्य लोके पतिमाशासतेऽन्यम् । तासां न ते वै परिपान्त्यपत्यं प्रियं धनायूंषि यतोऽस्वतन्त्रा: ॥ १९ ॥ striyo vratais tvā hṛṣīkeśvaraṁ svato hy ārādhya loke patim āśāsate ’nyam tāsāṁ na te vai paripānty apatyaṁ priyaṁ dhanāyūṁṣi yato ’sva-tantrāḥ Synonyms striyaḥ  — all women;  vrataiḥ  — by observing fasting and other vows;  tvā  — you;  hṛṣīkeśvaram  — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, master of the senses;  svataḥ  — of your own accord;  hi  — certainly;  ārādhya  — worshiping;  loke  — in the world;  patim  — a husband;  āśāsate  — ask for;  anyam  — another;  tāsām  — of all those women;  na  — not;  te  — the husbands;  vai  — indeed;  paripānti  — able to p...