In whole world there is combination of male and female, either . . . any society—human society, or bird society or dog society or animal society—why this male and female? Why? Female is the energy, energy of the male. Why a man takes, marries a woman and takes responsibility . . .?
Of course, in your country they marry as a matter of joke, immediately divorce after week or after seven days. But marriage means to take full responsibility of a woman. That is real marriage, Vedic marriage. We, when I get married our boys and girls, the boy takes this vow that, "I take responsibility of your maintenance throughout your whole life," and the girl promises that, "I desire to serve you throughout my whole life."
So the woman, the female, is the energy. When a man comes at home, he sees that everything is nicely decorated, my wife is well dressed and foodstuff is nicely prepared, he becomes encouraged. He can work more nicely. Therefore woman is the energy. The woman gives the energy and he can work. Wherefrom this idea came? The idea came because it is originally here, janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1).
Everything is coming from the Supreme; otherwise where do you get this idea—sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1), without being in the origin? Bījo 'haṁ sarva-bhūtānām (BG 7.10), Kṛṣṇa says that, "I am the root of everything."
So if this energy, male and female combination, is a necessity, so where from this necessity came into existence unless it is there in the origin?
Therefore it is to be understood that the Absolute has energy. He has got different energies. By His energies He is acting, and that is confirmed in the Vedic sūtra, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8).
The Supreme Absolute Truth has multi-energies. Parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate, multi-energies. And svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca, and by His energies He's working in such a nice way that it appears that it is being automatically done. Just like this tape recorder is working. How it is working? The electric energy is there.