I am not manufacturing; I am speaking authorizedly on the Vedic principle. The Manu-saṁhitā, the law of Vedas, Manu, the master of the humankind, Manu . . . Manu is the father of the mankind. So he has got his law book. That Manu-saṁhitā law book is still followed in India so far as the Hindus are concerned. So in that book, Manu-saṁhitā, it is stated, na striyaṁ svatantram arhati (Manu Saṁhitā 9.3). He gives the law that woman should not be given independence. Then? What should be the life? The life should be so long she's not married, she must live under the guidance, dependent on the parents. And as soon as she is married, she should live dependent on her husband. And when the husband is gone out . . .
Because according to Hindu system, the husband does not remain at home for all the days, till death. No. When children are grown up, he gives up wife and children and becomes a Sannyāsī, just like I have become. I have my children, I have my grandsons, I have my wife still exist . . . but I have given up all connection. So how my wife is being maintained? Oh, she has got grown-up children. So there is no anxiety.
So dependence is not bad if there is dependence on the proper place. No father neglects to look after the comforts of her unmarried girl, of his unmarried girls and boys. According to Hindu system, a father-mother responsibility ceases after he gets the children married, either daughter or son. So much obligation. Then they are free. So dependence, I am speaking on the dependence. Dependence is not bad; surrender is not bad. I have seen practically that woman surrendering to the husband . . . still there are so many women in India, they are so happy and their life is so glorious.
So we have to learn how things are to be done. Independence, artificial independence is no good always. Practically, we have no independence. I may think of independence, but practically I have no independence; I am servant of my senses. Kāmādīnāṁ kati na katidhā pālitā durnideśa (CC Madhya 22.16, Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 3.2.35).