Death penalty
स्त्रीषु कृतोपभोगः स्यात् प्रसह्य पुरुषो यदा ।
वधे तत्र प्रवर्तेत कार्यातिक्रमणं हि तद्॥ Katyayana Smrti 830
When a man has forcibly had sexual intercourse with a woman, he must be given capital punishment since it is violation of conduct.
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा वैरिहस्तगतापि वा ।
न संत्यजेद्दूषितां नारीं ऋतुकालेन शुद्ध्यति॥ Agni Purana 165.6
A woman ravished forcibly or fallen into the hands of an enemy should be abandoned. She becomes pure after the menstrual period.
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा।
न त्याज्या दयिता नारी नास्यास्त्यागो विधीयते॥ Skanda Purana 4.40.47
A woman must not be abandoned even if she is raped or falls into the clutches of robbers. Abandoning her is not prescribed (anywhere).
Abandoning a rape victim is a grave sin
अनृतेऽपि हि सत्ये वा यो नारीं दूषितां त्यजेत्।
अरक्षमाणः स्वां भार्यां नरो भवति भ्रूणहा॥ Mahabharata KE 13.59.19
He who abandons his wife who is a victim of rape, and is incapable of protecting her, becomes equal to a killer of foetus.
Woman does not lose purity
स्वयं विप्रतिपन्ना वा यदि वा विप्रवासिता ।
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा ॥
न त्याज्या दूषिता नारी नास्यास्त्यागो विधीयते ।
पुष्पकालमुपासीत ऋतुकालेन शुध्यति ॥
Vasishtha Dharma Sastra 28.2-3
(contd)
"A woman, taken into captivity by an enemy, or spirited away by thieves, or ravished against her will, must not be abandoned; to forsake her is not prescribed. Let him wait for the time of her courses; by her courses she becomes pure."
(Vasishtha Dharma Sastra 28.2-3)
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3/n "Kamasastra is also included in Ayurveda, since the work on Kamasastra named vajikarana by Susruta is included there. The Kamasastra consisting of five chapters was composed by Vatsyayana. Its purpose is to cultivate dispassion towards sense-pleasures... "
It is generally believed that Dharma declines steadily in the four yugas as declared in Manusmriti 1.82, धर्मश्चापैति पादशः. i.e. The Dharm,a which is perfect in Kritayuga, declines quarter by quarter in each Yuga.
Yet, this idea of decline of Dharma in each Yuga is not universal.
Our scriptures reveal that the ruler can create Krita-Yuga even in Kali-yuga. It is possible for a dharmik ruler to create Rama-rajya, a replication of Krita-Yuga in any of the other three yugas.
Mahabharata Santiparva and Manusmriti 9. 301 state that conditions described about the four yugas are not immutably fixed parts of Time, but it is the ruler (who by conducting himself properly) can create the conditions of even Krita-yuga in what common people call Kali-yuga.
यमो वैवस्वतो देवो यस्तवैष हृदि स्थितः।
तेन चेदविवादस्ते मा गङ्गां मा कुरून् गमः॥ Manusmriti 8.92
"If you have no quarrel with the god Yama Vaivasvata who sits in your heart, you need not visit the Ganga, nor the Kurukshetra."
Commentator Medhatithi adds, "the reward of going to holy places like Kasi and Kurukshetra consists in the destruction of पाप and acquiring पुण्य; and all this is obtained by a man here and now, if he is at peace with the Supreme Self (within him)."
Commentator Kulluka explains, "the Indwelling Self is called Yama as He is the controller of all beings; He is called Vaivastava as He punishes those who violate Dharma."
Sivasamhita considers self-realisation as the highest dharma. So, all lower dharmas which cannot lead one to self-realisation are considered obstacles.
Yajnavalkyasmriti also says that attaining self-knowledge is the supreme dharma - अयं तु परमो धर्मो यद्योगेनात्मदर्शनम्।
We find this in other darsanas too. Vivekachudamani says the Self is not known by taking bath in the sacred places, by charity or pranayama, but ony by reasoning guided by the Guru.
Now, let us try to understand the word hindrance.
The teachings of a certain sastra are meant for a particular adhikari (eligible student). A practice or virtue that is helpful for a sadhaka on one path, may function as an obstacle for another sadhaka following a different path.
Concepts of Isvara, Jagat (Universe), Jiva (individual soul), Devatas, Rebirth, Karma, Moksha, Svarga, Naraka, etc. in the Bhagavad Gita are unique to Hinduism.
How ancient in Bharatavarsha? What is the greatness of Bharata?
The above question was addressed to Sankaracharya Niranjan Dev Tirtha of Govardhan Pith. Both the question and the response of the acharya were published in 1966 oct. issue of Sanskrit journal 'Sarada'. ss below.
When requested by Dhritarashtra to describe the glory of Bharatavarsha, Sanjay said, "O descendant of Bharata, I shall now speak to you about the country named after Bharata. It is the beloved land of Indra. ++
"O king, this land called after Bharata, is also the beloved land of Manu, the son of Vivasvat, of Pritha, of Vainya, of the illustrious Ikshvaku, of Yayati, of Ambarisha, of Mandhata, of Nahusha, of Muchukunda, ++