20-08-2024, 08:18 AM
The woman spoke : ' Neither the god of wind, nor he of fire, nor Varuna, nor the other thirty-three gods are so dear to women as the god of love ; for to women the pleasure of love is all. Among thousands of women, nay, among hundreds of thousands, there is to be found only one that is faithful to her husband, if, indeed, one at all. They know not father, family, mother, brothers, husband, or brothers-in-law ; given up to their pleasure, they destroy families, as great rivers destroy their banks.' Ashtavakra spoke : ' There is no being without ties for women, for the fair are tied. The teaching of Prajapati is this : " Woman is not fit for independence." '
