WHEN IRRELIGION IS PROMINENT IN THE FAMILY

From the First Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā in the matter of Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra.

TEXT 40
adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa
praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya
jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ

SYNONYMS
adharma—irreligion; abhibhavāt—having been predominant; kṛṣṇa—O Kṛṣṇa; praduṣyanti—become polluted; kula-striyaḥ—family ladies; strīṣu —of the womanhood; duṣṭāsu—being so polluted; vārṣṇeya—O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; jāyate—it so becomes; varṇa-saṅkaraḥ—unwanted progeny.

TRANSLATION
When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Kṛṣṇa, the women of the family become corrupt, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, comes unwanted progeny.

PURPORT
Good population in human society is the basic principle for peace, prosperity and spiritual progress in life. The varṇāśrama religion’s principles were so designed that the good population would prevail in society for the general spiritual progress of state and community. Such population depends on the chastity and faithfulness of its womanhood. As children are very prone to be misled, women are similarly very prone to degradation. Therefore, both children and women require protection by the elder members of the family. By being engaged in various religious practices, women will not be misled into adultery. According to Cāṇakya Paṇḍit, women are generally not very intelligent and therefore not trustworthy. So, the different family traditions of religious activities should always engage them, and thus their chastity and devotion will give birth to a good population eligible for participating in the varṇāśrama system. On the failure of such varṇāśrama-dharma, naturally the women become free to act and mix with men, and thus adultery is indulged in at the risk of unwanted population. Irresponsible men also provoke adultery in society, and thus unwanted children flood the human race at the risk of war and pestilence.

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Bhagavad-gītā 1.40

London, July 28, 1973

….”Many stories. There was one disciple of Rāmānujācārya, a very poor. So Rāmānujācārya came in that poor disciple’s house and he saw there was no one in the house. So he thought: “What is this? This is my disciple’s house. He’s family man. Why there is none?” That means he could understand that the door is not locked. Door was closed only. Then he could understand that within the door his wife is there. Therefore he knocked the door, and there was response also, knocking, but she could not come out. That means she, she was so poor that she had no garment. She was keeping herself within the room, naked. So Rāmānujācārya could understand that “There is his wife. Maybe she has no sufficient clothing.” So immediately, his own cloth he gave her, within the room, and the woman came out, putting on that… And then offered obeisances. So he could understand the position. They were very, very poor. Even no clothing. So after putting on the cloth, she went to the grocer’s shop. Because Rāmānujācārya is there. She must receive. Grocer shop. The grocer knew that this woman is very woman, uh, very poor, so his business was to entice her. But she never agreed, although she was young. Now this woman went to the grocer’s shop that: “You know that I am very poor. I require immediately some grains, ghee, and other things. My Guru Mahārāja has come at home. I must receive. So tonight I agree with your proposal. Please give me. Even at the sacrifice of my chastity I want this.” So the grocer was very glad. “Oh, this woman, I have canvassed her, I have tried to induce her. She never agreed. And now she’s agreeing.” So: “All right, you take, whatever you like. Take.” So she was given all kinds of food grains, as much as she wanted. And she cooked and gave to the spiritual master and his associates, his servants. Everything was very nice. In the meantime, the husband came, working whole day. And he saw that everything was nicely done. “Guru Mahārāja is fed, and his associates, they’re fed.” So he asked his wife: “How did you get all these things?” Then she narrated the whole story. Then husband also said: “Yes, you have promised. All right. Take some prasādam and go to him. Because you have promised to meet him this evening. So go.” Then the grocer heard the whole story and his mind became changed. “Oh, such a chaste woman. Such a faithful… You are my mother. You take more ingredients, grains, as much as you like, you shall…”

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Comments

  1. Pamho agtacbsp, especially in this age of irreligion almost everyone born without samskara I mean everyone is a varna sankara unwanted progeny because of corrupted women polluted by their own degraded lifestyle which make them to be murdered, the number of women who get assassinated is very high and in the future the record will be higher because of the evil influences of SRI KALI DEVI, girls get very dishonest and lie all the time therefore CANAKYA PANDIT SAID: NEVER TRUST A WOMAN NEITHER A POLITICIAN BECAUSE THAT IS THE LAST SHELTER OF THE ROGUES ,anyway we learn easily with the GRANTHAM RAJA SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM BECAUSE SRI KRSNA IS BEST TEACHER, FRIEND, SHETER ETC…AGTACBSP YS HARIBOL

  2. 1975

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    When one becomes lusty, then one becomes lost of all intelligence. The whole world is going on on the basis of these lusty desires. This is material world. And because I am lusty, you are lusty, every one of us, so as soon as my desires are not fulfilled, your desires are not fulfilled, then I become your enemy, you become my enemy. I cannot see you are making very good progress; you cannot see me making very good progress. This is material world = envious, lusty desires, kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, mātsarya. This is the basis of this material world.

    So he became… The training was that he was training to become a brāhmaṇa, śamo, dama, but the progress became checked on account of being attached to a woman. Therefore according to Vedic civilization, the woman is accepted as hindrance to spiritual advancement. The whole basic civilization is how to avoid the… Woman… You do not think that only woman is woman. The man is also woman. Don’t think that the woman is condemned, man is not. Woman means enjoyed, and man means enjoyer. So this feeling, this feeling is condemned. If I see one woman for enjoyment, so I am man. And if woman also sees another man for enjoyment, she is also man. Woman means enjoyed and man means enjoyer. So anyone who has got feeling of enjoyment, he is considered to be man. So here both sexes meant for… Everyone is planning, “How I shall enjoy?” Therefore he is puruṣa, artificially. Otherwise, originally, we are all prakṛti, jīva, either woman or man. This is outward dress….

    https://prabhupadavani.org/transcriptions/750901sbvrn/

    Note: INSANITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS! This world is a madhouse in 2025. It’s as clear as day that every one has gone bunkers. Why?

    1/ Because all devotedly listen, HEAR, what their Mobile God, Māyā, says.

    2/ All look, SEE, adoringly at their Mobile God, Māyā.

    3/ The supreme Mobile God, Māyā, plans, CONTROLS, their every day (work, food, to do list)

    4/ Totally surrendered they ask, SPEAK, their Mobile God, Māyā, life’s most important question (what is my gender, cat, dog?)

    5/ Who is their authority? Their worshipful Mobile Lord whom all are holding in the palm of their hands.

    That’s ‘Mind Control’, Māyā, of the finest. To top it off people voluntarily and happily PAY a Tax to worshipful Mobile God for the privilege of being able to be allowed to believe all this BS. Any questions? Ask Mobile God.

    Sex addicts, flesh eaters, wine bibblers, blockheads and dolts (according to Chanakya’s Niti Shastra [2500 years ago])

    Note: INSANITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS! This world is a madhouse in 2025. It’s as clear as day that every one has gone bunkers and the process of self-destruction is gradually coming to fruition. It is cemented with brick and mortar and the next inhabitable planet is not approachable for them, only the uninhabitable Hellish Planets will be welcoming all and sundry with open arms, SURPRISE!! ENJOY!!

    🙁

    • We have no problem with scientific advancements, but not at the cost of our Krsna Consciousness. All kinds of gadgets with their manifold applications work like drugs which alter the mind permanently in as much as drugs like LSD do which were used by different governments in horrible, atrocious, extensive scientific experimental studies in the 60s in projects like MK* and others. To this day governments use these substances and different other mind altering methods and experiment on inmates in jails and mental hospitals.

      The gadgets, same as drugs, create a false sense of intimacy with the objects of desire and are pots of poison with milk on top. This way the hearts of men are altered to ice when so manipulated, in as much as water freezes when in contact with the refrigerator. As soon as the ice is out of the fridge it again turns into water, it’s original state. The transcendental association and contact with the Holy Name, the Pure Devotee and Shastra have the superior potency of turning the frozen heart back into its original happy state. The trying Devotee has to be aware and watchful of these manipulations, which have the power of subtly diverting the focus from the ultimate goal, namely going Back to Godhead. As for all others, they are unknowingly participating in these worldwide mind altering gadget-experiments and have their hearts in contact with these forces turned into ice.

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