Kanyā-dāya means it is very obligatory that the father must get the daughter married. This is dharma. So if this dharma, or this religious principle is violated, that is... Arjuna is marking: adharma-abhi, abhi-bhava. When people become neglectful of the family tradition and religious principles, adharma abhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ (BG 1.40). Kula-striyaḥ. Kula-striyaḥ means... Kula means family, and striyaḥ means woman. So woman must be belonging to a respectable family. Therefore it is said: kula-striyaḥ. Not society-girls.
Violate (Lectures)
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Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Page Title: | Violate (Lectures) |
Compiler: | Rishab, Mayapur |
Created: | 22 of Dec, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=114, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 114 |