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Letter COM:2805337 (26 lines) [W1]

Bhakti Vikasa Swami

25-Nov-99 00:38

Basu Ghosh (das) ACBSP (Baroda - IN) [18788]

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There are many descriptions of the wife's duties to her hus-band.

Nowadays, some devotees think these rules are not practi-cal to follow. I

accept this but it is most important to understand why. The reason is

because modern society has abandoned this practice for so many years. But

we can still see that it is being followed in cultured soci-ety so we should

strive to come to that standard. At least we should hear and know what the

actual standards and duties of a chaste wife and husband are. We should

also know what the actual standards of behavior are for the devotees, a

king, and so on. Everything is clearly de-scribed in the Vedic literature

so we can gain knowledge.

We read about how Rüpa and Sanätana Gosvämi's lived in Våndävana.

We hear about their austerities, how simply they lived, how much they

studied and wrote, how they chanted, how they slept--at least we read, at

least we hear. And then we'll develop the desire to come to that standard.

We should hear and preach about the Vedic standards of behavior

regarding wife, hus-band, son, father, master, and servant, because

everything described in the Vedic litera-tures is meant to bring peace and

prosperity in human soceity. The lawmaker is God, Krsna. He is not envious

of anyone, and He knows how to help us. A wife must take help from her

husband, and a husband must protect his chaste wife--this is their duty.

This is a relationship of love and it is very nice. If a husband and wife

have faith and respect for each other and perform their respective duties,

surely their lives will be very peaceful and happy and they will be able to

cultivate Krsna consciousness and ultimately go back to God-head.

 

(Radha Govinda Maharaja)

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