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TEXT 7 pravrttim ca nivrttim ca
SYNONYMS  pravrttim--proper
action; ca--also; nivrttim--improper action; ca--and;
janah--persons; na--never; viduh--know; asurah--demoniac
qualities; na--never; saucam--cleanliness; na--nor;
api--also; ca--and; acarah--behavior; na--never;
satyam--truth; tesu--in them; vidyate--there is.
TRANSLATION Those who
are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done.
Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them.
PURPORT In every civilized
human society there is some set of scriptural rules and regulations which
are followed from the beginning, especially among the Aryans, those who
adopt the Vedic civilization and who are known as the most advanced civilized
people. Those who do not follow the scriptural injunctions are supposed
to be demons. Therefore it is stated here that the demons do not know the
scriptural rules, nor do they have any inclination to follow them. Most
of them do not know them, and even if some of them know, they have no tendency
to follow them. They have no faith, nor are they willing to act in terms
of the Vedic injunctions. The demons are not clean, either externally or
internally. One should always be careful to keep his body clean by bathing,
brushing teeth, changing clothes, etc. As far as internal cleanliness is
concerned, one should always remember the holy names of God and chant Hare
Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama,
Hare Hare. The demons neither like nor follow all these rules for external
and internal cleanliness.
As for behavior,
there are many rules and regulations guiding human behavior, such as the
Manu-samhita, which is the law of the human race. Even up to today,
those who are Hindu follow the Manu-samhita. Laws of inheritance
and other legalities are derived from this book. Now, in the Manu-samhita,
it is clearly stated that a woman should not be given freedom. That does
not mean that women are to be kept as slaves, but they are like children.
Children are not given freedom, but that does not mean that they are kept
as slaves. The demons have now neglected such injunctions, and they think
that women should be given as much freedom as men. However, this has not
improved the social condition of the world. Actually, a woman should be
given protection at every stage of life. She should be given protection
by the father in her younger days, by the husband in her youth, and by
the grown-up sons in her old age. This is proper social behavior according
to the Manu-samhita. But modern education has artificially devised
a puffed-up concept of womanly life, and therefore marriage is practically
now an imagination in human society. Nor is the moral condition of women
very good now. The demons, therefore, do not accept any instruction which
is good for society, and because they do not follow the experience of great
sages and the rules and regulations laid down by the sages, the social
condition of the demoniac people is very miserable.
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