"Wife is protection for husband"

Balavanta Dasa recalls going to New York to meet Srila Prabhupada.

Balavanta Prabhu was the Temple President of Atlanta Temple at that time. He noted that in those days, being Temple President meant that one could write to Srila Prabhupada. Previous to that anyone could write to Srila Prabhupada, but then he started to receive more mail that he could respond to.
Therefore it was decided that Temple Presidents would write on behalf of all the devotees under the jurisdiction of their respective temples.

"It was a great competition to become Temple President so we could write to Srila Prabhupada, and you could go wherever Srila Prabhupada was visiting, and go into his room!"

So, Balavanta Prabhu was in Srila Prabhupada's room, with other Temple Presidents.

Suddenly, Srila Prabhupada questioned them: 'Where are your wives?
Wife is protection for husband; when husband goes traveling, wife should also go!"