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XXXII Sthri Dharma
(duties of women)
1.Manu:-
A woman will be looked after by her father during childhood, by her husband during youth and by her son in the old age. She does not merit independence. This is because she is Abala i.e weak
She should be protected in such a way that she should not err even in a small way. .This is because if she errs she would bring bad name for her father’s family as well as husband’s family. This should be observed by people of all varnas.
The six things that a woman should avoid are drinking, friendship with bad people, living away from her husband, roaming out of the house, sleeping at odd times, and living in a home that is not her own. These would harm her pathivruthya (duties/penance to her husband)
2.Manu:-
There are no rituals prescribed for a woman. Her dharma is doing service to her husband. Because of that service she would go to heaven. Observing fast and other punishing rituals are not prescribed for her.
3.Aasheela:-
Even if her husband’s character is bad or even if he has baser qualities, a wife should not neglect her husband. Husband for her is the living God.
She should be always happy, expert in work around the house and should keep the house as well things in it clean. She could liberally spend money on just things.
4.Aathri:-
A woman cannot reach heaven by fasting or due to Vrithas(rituals).. only by worshipping her husband She can reach there. She who deceives in money or life would be born in the next life as a worm and later suffer a lot by being born in the lowest caste. Japa, Thapas, Pilgrimage, living like a saint, becoming expert in manthras by frequently chanting and worshipping Gods are the six things that spoil her Pathivruthya.
5.Vyasa:-
She should wear with sincerity turmeric., Kumkum, Sindhur, Kajal, Blouse, Betel chewing, holy ornaments, bangles ear studs and comb and care for her hair. By doing these the life span of her husband would be increased.
Daily morning as soon as she gets up she should offer oblations of water to the Sun. By doing this she will not become a widow for seven births.
That lady who draws the ceremonial drawing before her house every day morning and does worship with sacred rice would make the gods happy. Goddess Lakshmi would live in that house in which courtyard is cleaned daily and Kolam(design drawn with rice powder) is put.
By doing service to her husband and being a Pathivrutha, no sin would come in this world or the next world for a woman. She should be thought as the real goddess Parvathi. No body should ever think of insulting them. God will punish those insulting her.
6.Daksha:-
The man who cruelly treats his wife in the young age and makes her cry and deserts her is a sinner. He would be born as a woman for seven generations and suffer due to lot of diseases.
7.Smruthi Rathna:-
Pregnant woman should not eat or take bath during dusk , noon or dawn. They should never go below a tree.
They should not talk bad words., should not laugh unnecessarily. They should serve their father and mother in law. And would keep attention in matters which are good for her husband.
8.Yagnavalkya:-
When a pregnant woman craves for anything she should be satisfied. There should not be any neglect in this. If neglected, the child in her womb may suffer.
9.Vyasa:-
When her husband dies a woman becomes a widow. If she strictly follows the duties of a widow, she can attain comfort with her husband in the next world.
Widows should cut their hair.. If she ties her hair, her husband in heaven will suffer. She should take meals only once.
She should not use scents. She could offer oblations to her husband daily using Gingelly and Durba grass
She should worship Lord Vishnu daily. She should imagine that her husband is Vishnu. A widow who observes all this would live comfortably.
10.Aswalayana:-
The women whose husbands are no more, whether she has a son or not should depend on her father and other relatives and lead a calm subdued life.
XXXIII. Grahastha Dharma:-
The duties of the householder
1.Parachara:-
Householders are those who make their manes happy by sradha, Gods happy by Yagna, guests happy by giving them good food, saints happy by chanting Vedas, all people happy because of love towards them, Prajapathi happy by fathering a son, all animals happy by the Vaisva deva sacrifice.
Householders attain heaven by their good deeds.
The sanyasis and Brahmacharis live depending on the householder. So the state of householder is a very important . Observation of all the duties of the householder as written in Vedas would take him to heaven.
2.Vyasa:-
That householder who learns Vedas daily, who wears the sacred thread, who tells only truth and has won over anger would reach the highest state.
By having interest in daily bath during dawn and dusk, by doing Brahma Yagna daily, by living without jealousy, by being soft and having full control over his senses, the householder lives happily in heaven.
He who has left desire , fear, anger , avarice and foolishness, who has special interest in chanting Gayathri and who does Sradha to his manes would get rid of all sins.
He who worships his parents, he who worships cows and Brahmins, he who does fire sacrifices and he who has devotion to Gods would reach Brahma Loka and shine there.
He who does the duties as prescribed in Vedas and lives, would attain fame in this world and reach great places in heaven.
XXXIV. Sanyasa Dharma:-
Duties of those who has forsaken worldly life.
1.Amgeera:-
You can forsake the world (become a Sanyasi) only when you do not find attraction in any thing. People who take sanyasa without this are base human beings.
2.Haritha:-
He who is detached only, gets Sanyasa and those who have attachment can continue to be householders and do their duties. The one who takes Sanyasa when he has attachments will go to hell.
3.Jabala Sruthi:-
When you are a Brahmachari if you gets detached you can take Sanyasa. We can also take Sanyasa when we get detached either when we are a householder or when you are in Vanaprastha. You can live in all these stages and assume Sanyasa if you are detached with everything.
3.Yama:-
The bad effects of the clan or the bad effects of sins and good deeds would be cleaned by Sanyasa like a fire cleaning Gold .It would make all bad things into ash.
4.Vyasa:-
God Vishnu has two forms. The moving form is that of a Sanyasi and the fixed form is that of an idol.
5. Daksha:-
The person who becomes a sanyasi saves from hell, 30 generations of his manes before him and would prevent thirty generations that follow him from hell.
A person who is very sick and in the death bed can take Sanyasa just by his mind and word. This is called Apat Sanyasa.
6.Samvartha:-
The four types of Bhikshus (Sanyasis) are Kuteechaka, Bahoodaka, Hamsa and Paramahamsa, in the same order of importance.
7.Bhodhayana:-
Kuteechaka , after taking Sanyasa , can get alms from his house or some of his relatives. He should wear tuft , one sacred thread, and have three numbers of staff, and a pot for carrying water. He should chant Gayathri Manthra more number of times.
He should spend the entire spare time in Japa, Dhyana and reading or hearing of epics like Ramayana, Bhagawatha and would always think of God in his mind.
Bahoodaka should go away from his relatives and should live by taking alms in other houses. He should not receive alms from more than seven houses per day. If he gets sufficient alms in two or three houses, he should not ask for alms in any other house. He should follow other rules of the Kuteechaka.
8.Vishnu:-
Hamsa should have one staff, ochre robes and should have a cloth which can be used to move away living things on his way without hurting them. Other things are like Kuteechaka. It is not clearly mentioned whether he should have a tuft.
9.Aathri:-
The Parama hamsa should have two loin cloths , one torn cloth to cover himself and one staff. He also should definitely have a water pot. He should control his mind and senses and meditate on Brahma. He should always chant “Om”. He should hear Vedantha , learn them by heart and remember them. He could live in any neat place.
10. Parasara:-
He should leave out passion , anger, pride , avarice and foolishness and would live without egoism.
11. Bhavishyad Purana:-
The staff should be a bamboo stick. It should have even number of nodes, pretty and should be from a tree growing in a holy place. It would be better if it has many black spots. It should be straight and should reach up to the eye brow or nose.
12. Yagnavalkya:-
If they need a book on Vedantha , they can get it from a Grahastha.
They should be always alone and if spoken reply suitably along with the name of Narayana. They should not talk unnecessarily.
Meditation, Cleanliness, taking alms , being in solitude always are the only four duties for them. Paramahamsas do not have a fifth duty.
They should not pluck flowers for worship but worship Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva using fallen flowers and leaves, Salvation would be given to them by Vishnu and Wisdom would be given to them by Lord Shiva.
13.Kanva:-
They should stay not more than one day in a village and not more than five days in a city. They can stay for four months comfortably in the place of their choice during rainy season.
14.Vyasa:-
A Brahmin who takes up Sanyasa which leads to salvation and follows all rules with a firm mind would burn like a peaceful fire and would become like Brahma,
!5,Vishnu:-
Sanyasis who are old and who are ill can stay in one town or village They should be particularly served by the Grahasthas of that place.
The people who are in search of Athma and those who have realized it are the form of God. So whatever they wish would happen. So the Grahasthas who wish to get wealth can get it by serving them.
Thus ends The Varnashrama Dharma portion of the Samkshepa Dharma Sashthra.
(duties of women)
1.Manu:-
A woman will be looked after by her father during childhood, by her husband during youth and by her son in the old age. She does not merit independence. This is because she is Abala i.e weak
She should be protected in such a way that she should not err even in a small way. .This is because if she errs she would bring bad name for her father’s family as well as husband’s family. This should be observed by people of all varnas.
The six things that a woman should avoid are drinking, friendship with bad people, living away from her husband, roaming out of the house, sleeping at odd times, and living in a home that is not her own. These would harm her pathivruthya (duties/penance to her husband)
2.Manu:-
There are no rituals prescribed for a woman. Her dharma is doing service to her husband. Because of that service she would go to heaven. Observing fast and other punishing rituals are not prescribed for her.
3.Aasheela:-
Even if her husband’s character is bad or even if he has baser qualities, a wife should not neglect her husband. Husband for her is the living God.
She should be always happy, expert in work around the house and should keep the house as well things in it clean. She could liberally spend money on just things.
4.Aathri:-
A woman cannot reach heaven by fasting or due to Vrithas(rituals).. only by worshipping her husband She can reach there. She who deceives in money or life would be born in the next life as a worm and later suffer a lot by being born in the lowest caste. Japa, Thapas, Pilgrimage, living like a saint, becoming expert in manthras by frequently chanting and worshipping Gods are the six things that spoil her Pathivruthya.
5.Vyasa:-
She should wear with sincerity turmeric., Kumkum, Sindhur, Kajal, Blouse, Betel chewing, holy ornaments, bangles ear studs and comb and care for her hair. By doing these the life span of her husband would be increased.
Daily morning as soon as she gets up she should offer oblations of water to the Sun. By doing this she will not become a widow for seven births.
That lady who draws the ceremonial drawing before her house every day morning and does worship with sacred rice would make the gods happy. Goddess Lakshmi would live in that house in which courtyard is cleaned daily and Kolam(design drawn with rice powder) is put.
By doing service to her husband and being a Pathivrutha, no sin would come in this world or the next world for a woman. She should be thought as the real goddess Parvathi. No body should ever think of insulting them. God will punish those insulting her.
6.Daksha:-
The man who cruelly treats his wife in the young age and makes her cry and deserts her is a sinner. He would be born as a woman for seven generations and suffer due to lot of diseases.
7.Smruthi Rathna:-
Pregnant woman should not eat or take bath during dusk , noon or dawn. They should never go below a tree.
They should not talk bad words., should not laugh unnecessarily. They should serve their father and mother in law. And would keep attention in matters which are good for her husband.
8.Yagnavalkya:-
When a pregnant woman craves for anything she should be satisfied. There should not be any neglect in this. If neglected, the child in her womb may suffer.
9.Vyasa:-
When her husband dies a woman becomes a widow. If she strictly follows the duties of a widow, she can attain comfort with her husband in the next world.
Widows should cut their hair.. If she ties her hair, her husband in heaven will suffer. She should take meals only once.
She should not use scents. She could offer oblations to her husband daily using Gingelly and Durba grass
She should worship Lord Vishnu daily. She should imagine that her husband is Vishnu. A widow who observes all this would live comfortably.
10.Aswalayana:-
The women whose husbands are no more, whether she has a son or not should depend on her father and other relatives and lead a calm subdued life.
XXXIII. Grahastha Dharma:-
The duties of the householder
1.Parachara:-
Householders are those who make their manes happy by sradha, Gods happy by Yagna, guests happy by giving them good food, saints happy by chanting Vedas, all people happy because of love towards them, Prajapathi happy by fathering a son, all animals happy by the Vaisva deva sacrifice.
Householders attain heaven by their good deeds.
The sanyasis and Brahmacharis live depending on the householder. So the state of householder is a very important . Observation of all the duties of the householder as written in Vedas would take him to heaven.
2.Vyasa:-
That householder who learns Vedas daily, who wears the sacred thread, who tells only truth and has won over anger would reach the highest state.
By having interest in daily bath during dawn and dusk, by doing Brahma Yagna daily, by living without jealousy, by being soft and having full control over his senses, the householder lives happily in heaven.
He who has left desire , fear, anger , avarice and foolishness, who has special interest in chanting Gayathri and who does Sradha to his manes would get rid of all sins.
He who worships his parents, he who worships cows and Brahmins, he who does fire sacrifices and he who has devotion to Gods would reach Brahma Loka and shine there.
He who does the duties as prescribed in Vedas and lives, would attain fame in this world and reach great places in heaven.
XXXIV. Sanyasa Dharma:-
Duties of those who has forsaken worldly life.
1.Amgeera:-
You can forsake the world (become a Sanyasi) only when you do not find attraction in any thing. People who take sanyasa without this are base human beings.
2.Haritha:-
He who is detached only, gets Sanyasa and those who have attachment can continue to be householders and do their duties. The one who takes Sanyasa when he has attachments will go to hell.
3.Jabala Sruthi:-
When you are a Brahmachari if you gets detached you can take Sanyasa. We can also take Sanyasa when we get detached either when we are a householder or when you are in Vanaprastha. You can live in all these stages and assume Sanyasa if you are detached with everything.
3.Yama:-
The bad effects of the clan or the bad effects of sins and good deeds would be cleaned by Sanyasa like a fire cleaning Gold .It would make all bad things into ash.
4.Vyasa:-
God Vishnu has two forms. The moving form is that of a Sanyasi and the fixed form is that of an idol.
5. Daksha:-
The person who becomes a sanyasi saves from hell, 30 generations of his manes before him and would prevent thirty generations that follow him from hell.
A person who is very sick and in the death bed can take Sanyasa just by his mind and word. This is called Apat Sanyasa.
6.Samvartha:-
The four types of Bhikshus (Sanyasis) are Kuteechaka, Bahoodaka, Hamsa and Paramahamsa, in the same order of importance.
7.Bhodhayana:-
Kuteechaka , after taking Sanyasa , can get alms from his house or some of his relatives. He should wear tuft , one sacred thread, and have three numbers of staff, and a pot for carrying water. He should chant Gayathri Manthra more number of times.
He should spend the entire spare time in Japa, Dhyana and reading or hearing of epics like Ramayana, Bhagawatha and would always think of God in his mind.
Bahoodaka should go away from his relatives and should live by taking alms in other houses. He should not receive alms from more than seven houses per day. If he gets sufficient alms in two or three houses, he should not ask for alms in any other house. He should follow other rules of the Kuteechaka.
8.Vishnu:-
Hamsa should have one staff, ochre robes and should have a cloth which can be used to move away living things on his way without hurting them. Other things are like Kuteechaka. It is not clearly mentioned whether he should have a tuft.
9.Aathri:-
The Parama hamsa should have two loin cloths , one torn cloth to cover himself and one staff. He also should definitely have a water pot. He should control his mind and senses and meditate on Brahma. He should always chant “Om”. He should hear Vedantha , learn them by heart and remember them. He could live in any neat place.
10. Parasara:-
He should leave out passion , anger, pride , avarice and foolishness and would live without egoism.
11. Bhavishyad Purana:-
The staff should be a bamboo stick. It should have even number of nodes, pretty and should be from a tree growing in a holy place. It would be better if it has many black spots. It should be straight and should reach up to the eye brow or nose.
12. Yagnavalkya:-
If they need a book on Vedantha , they can get it from a Grahastha.
They should be always alone and if spoken reply suitably along with the name of Narayana. They should not talk unnecessarily.
Meditation, Cleanliness, taking alms , being in solitude always are the only four duties for them. Paramahamsas do not have a fifth duty.
They should not pluck flowers for worship but worship Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva using fallen flowers and leaves, Salvation would be given to them by Vishnu and Wisdom would be given to them by Lord Shiva.
13.Kanva:-
They should stay not more than one day in a village and not more than five days in a city. They can stay for four months comfortably in the place of their choice during rainy season.
14.Vyasa:-
A Brahmin who takes up Sanyasa which leads to salvation and follows all rules with a firm mind would burn like a peaceful fire and would become like Brahma,
!5,Vishnu:-
Sanyasis who are old and who are ill can stay in one town or village They should be particularly served by the Grahasthas of that place.
The people who are in search of Athma and those who have realized it are the form of God. So whatever they wish would happen. So the Grahasthas who wish to get wealth can get it by serving them.
Thus ends The Varnashrama Dharma portion of the Samkshepa Dharma Sashthra.