Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.9
SB 3.30.9
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gṛheṣu kūṭa-dharmeṣu duḥkha-tantreṣv atandritaḥ kurvan duḥkha-pratīkāraṁ sukhavan manyate gṛhī
Translation
The attached householder remains in his family life, which is full of diplomacy and politics. Always spreading miseries and controlled by acts of sense gratification, he acts just to counteract the reactions of all his miseries, and if he can successfully counteract such miseries, he thinks that he is happy.