In plain words
Students! A man who marries one wife falls into many troubles; family life is not happiness. There is only a little essence in it. It is no great joy. It is a petty joy. Even when there is one wife, many disturbances begin in that family. If two wives come, the pain grows still greater. A man with two wives falls into many troubles. Dhruva's father, who had two wives, fell into many troubles. He was not to seat the first wife's son on his lap. "Only the second wife's son must sit there": so the second wife kept on quarrelling. Unable to bear this pain, he pined away, poor man. The man who had three wives was Emperor Daśaratha. You know it. He yielded only to his last wife. He sent Śrīman Nārāyaṇa Himself, the first wife's son, to the forest. Then what of the plight of a man with ten wives? Who has them? Manas has ten wives. They are the ten senses. Since it is master of the ten senses, it is called the lord of the ten senses. How many hardships the senses put Manas through! The wives called the eyes say, "Bring me a good T.V. Take me to a good cinema." The eyes are tormenting. The tongue gives a great deal of trouble. "Bring masāla dosa, curds, everything!": so it harasses. The nose demands, "Give me a fragrant flower." It longs for this and that. How is it possible to satisfy them all? If it is hard to satisfy even one sense, how is one to satisfy the ten senses? Unable to satisfy the ten senses, Manas falls into terrible straits.
Only then does this Manas say, "I do not want this family life," and try to restrain the senses. How does Manas worry?
Being born is one worry, staying on the earth is a worry, family life is one worry, death is a worry, all of childhood is a worry, old age is one worry, living is one worry, friendship is a worry, all actions are a worry, hardships are one worry, joy is one worry: a strange worry!