Bhagavad Gita 3.23

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Marieta Reeks

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:21:41 PM8/3/24

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In Kali-yuga, religion will be defeated by irreligion, truth by falsehood, kings by thieves, and men will be overpowered by women. (parasara smriti 1.30). God or Sriman Narayana supports Brahminical patriarchy. But this kali yuga is the age of satan or kali purush. Satan is the father of feminism. he is the liberator of women. As per Bavishya Purana at the beginning of Kali-yuga, lord Narayana himself gave a boon to the Kali demon and his wife Alakshmi that in this age all their wishes would be fulfilled and their followers would rule the world. so the power of the whole world will go to women and men will be their pet dogs in Kali Yuga.

The meaning in all Vedic sastra concerning women is that due to the subtle body they have crafted through past activity they are presently mired in passion and ignorance, unable to achieve the mode of goodness.

SB 6.17.34-35
Thus even in the higher statuses of life there is a difference between the understanding of a male and that of a female. It may be clearly said that the understanding of a woman is always inferior to the understanding of a man. In the Western countries there is now agitation to the effect that man and woman should be considered equal, but from this verse it appears that woman is always less intelligent than man.

SB 2.7.6
During the first stage of life, up to twenty-five years of age, a man may be trained as a brahmacārī under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master just to understand that woman is the real binding force in material existence. If one wants to get freedom from the material bondage of conditional life, he must get free from the attraction for the form of woman. Woman, or the fair sex, is the enchanting principle for the living entities, and the male form, especially in the human being, is meant for self-realization. The whole world is moving under the spell of womanly attraction, and as soon as a man becomes united with a woman, he at once becomes a victim of material bondage under a tight knot.

Brahmacarya essentially means the vow not to marry but to observe strict celibacy (bṛhad-vrata). A brahmacārī or sannyāsī should avoid talking with women or reading literature concerning talks between man and woman. The injunction restricting association with women is the basic principle of spiritual life. Associating or talking with women is never advised in any of the Vedic literatures. The entire Vedic system teaches one to avoid sex life so that one may gradually progress from brahmacarya to gṛhastha, from gṛhastha to vānaprastha, and from vānaprastha to sannyāsa and thus give up material enjoyment, which is the original cause of bondage to this material world.

SB 3.23.2
Thus the natural instinct is that the husband wants to post himself as superior to the wife, and this must be observed. Even if there is some wrong on the part of the husband, the wife must tolerate it, and thus there will be no misunderstanding between husband and wife.

Dear Sitalatma Prabhu Pranaam,
I have checked few quotes with vedabase which are as following: There is no difference between what Srila Prabupada mentioned in his writings and above article. Kindly read through. Hare Krsna!

SB 2.7.6
During the first stage of life, up to twenty-five years of age, a man may be trained as a brahmacārī under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master just to understand that woman is the real binding force in material existence. If one wants to get freedom from the material bondage of conditional life, he must get free from the attraction for the form of woman. Woman, or the fair sex, is the enchanting principle for the living entities, and the male form, especially in the human being, is meant for self-realization. The whole world is moving under the spell of womanly attraction, and as soon as a man becomes united with a woman, he at once becomes a victim of material bondage under a tight knot.

SB 3.23.2
Thus the natural instinct is that the husband wants to post himself as superior to the wife, and this must be observed. Even if there is some wrong on the part of the husband, the wife must tolerate it, and thus there will be no misunderstanding between husband and wife.

SB 6.17.34-35
Prabhupada:
Thus even in the higher statuses of life there is a difference between the understanding of a male and that of a female. It may be clearly said that the understanding of a woman is always inferior to the understanding of a man. In the Western countries there is now agitation to the effect that man and woman should be considered equal, but from this verse it appears that woman is always less intelligent than man.

SB 2.7.6
Prabhupada:
During the first stage of life, up to twenty-five years of age, a man may be trained as a brahmacārī under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master just to understand that woman is the real binding force in material existence. If one wants to get freedom from the material bondage of conditional life, he must get free from the attraction for the form of woman. Woman, or the fair sex, is the enchanting principle for the living entities, and the male form, especially in the human being, is meant for self-realization. The whole world is moving under the spell of womanly attraction, and as soon as a man becomes united with a woman, he at once becomes a victim of material bondage under a tight knot.

Spiritually, men and women are all equal. All Vaishnavis are glorious and I offer my obeisances to them. And I am deeply thankful to them for helping out Śrīla Prabhupāda when he needed them and for being the good mothers that they are.