Guest guest Posted December 21, 1998 Report Share Posted December 21, 1998 > > > You mean the business of step-fathers, step-mothers and so on? Hey, why > do > > you need a geneticist to teach these common sense things? We know how > > Dhruva Maharaja was treated by his father once he got a new, young wife! This example speaks actually not about *remarriage*. And Dhruva was not treated badly by his father Uttanapada, but Uttanapada's second wife, Suruci, Dhruva's step-mother, who was envious on Drhuva. This is not an unusual thing in the royal families, the enviousness of the king's co-wives. Similar thing happened to Lord Ramacandra. And what happened to Cittrakethu's only son? They (envious queens) poisned him. Yet the polygamy was accepted as bona fide. The "business of step-fathers, step-mothers". So it is bona fide and Vedic. But whether a particular child will be mistreated or not, it depends on the particular parents and step-parents. The interesting thing is that a woman is condemned if she remarries after the lost of her husband (seemingly even if she is in an unprotected environment, on her own), but a man may not only remarry but take many wives, if he likes and manages so, on top of it. ys mnd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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