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Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 40 adharmabhibhavat krsna
SYNONYMS  adharma--irreligion;
abhibhavat--having
become predominant; krsna--O Krsna; pradusyanti--become polluted;
kula-striyah--family ladies; strisu--of the womanhood;
dustasu--being
so polluted; varsneya--O descendant of Vrsni;
jayate--it
so becomes; varna-sankarah--unwanted progeny.
TRANSLATION When irreligion
is prominent in the family, O Krsna, the women of the family become corrupt,
and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vrsni, comes unwanted
progeny.
PURPORT Good population
in human society is the basic principle for peace, prosperity and spiritual
progress in life. The varnasrama 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 Canakya Pandita, 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
varnasrama
system. On the failure of such varnasrama-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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