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WOMEN - THE REPRESENTATIVES OF GOD!

Smt Shalini Krishna Bhatt and D.S. Charan Kumar
balance in the society. So the unity and understanding
among men and women could be disturbed thus creating
imbalance in the family life of Indians which was very
strongly based. There is a misinterpretation that women
were not given equal rights as men. But thats not true!
When we see a phrase from meemamsa which reads
Sqmir: xWkMU: which means a husband and wife has
equal rights (when mentioning about yajnas). Is this not
clear that both were treated equally? Without a wife, a
man is not supposed to perform any yajna. Only with her
permission, he could continue. But all these thoughts and
information were not spoken about. Anyone can now
imagine why.

Women are given a greater importance in this country.

Almost all beautiful things in this nature are compared
and spelled with female gender. Even nature is termed
with female gender, as prakrithi maatha! That is the
greatness a woman possesses. In simple words women
can be revered with the statement given below:

r lrxi merli Uqli i Sui: |

Where women are respected and worshipped, there
dwells the divine force.
Women represent peace and prosperity. In India,
women are given a greater importance than anywhere in
the world, but the misconception that Indian women were
suppressed prevails even today. This is just the result of
the misinterpretation made by the western Indologists
which were later accepted by our so called vicharavaadis.
And later our people started accepting it blindly.

I agree the fact that women are seen with a mode of

materialistic than immaterial. These consequences are
not the result of one side, rather a two sided thing, as
explained earlier. God creates life and women bring life in
to this world. That is why we are taught as Matru devo
bhava which takes its first place, then follows pitru devo
bhava, acharya devo bhava, etc... Mother is a direct
representative of God. Women can be compared to
fire in yajna and a man just offers havis to fire, which is
processed in fire only. Then the result of completion of
yajna named life is obtained. Fire is a symbol of purity;
likewise, a woman is also a symbol of purity.

mi Ui MqU pi: Ui ruul |

m: Ui ukYr l i x xuilqWi ||
(Manusmrthi)
A woman has to be protected by her father in her
childhood, by her husband in her youth, by her son in her
old age. At no stage in life should a woman be left alone
and destitute. She deserves protection by man at every
stage in her life.

CQ Uli Wur Mqr clS

eriSSi xUxui qW ui |

Taking this phrase, our women were completely

brainwashed stating that our country is male dominant
and here women are treated as abalaas. Then our women
started hating men to an extent and considering
themselves as equal to men and started challenging them
in every aspect of life forgetting the fact that two different
entities cannot and should never be compared. Each
one is great in their own way. At the same time, men
also started looking at women as weaker sections and
tried to put them under their control, stating that they are
fit for nothing except for cooking and reproduction.
In India, we are taught to live a life of renunciation,
liberality and sacrifice. Our ancestors were not ready to
take any chance in creating a satprajaa. Women are
creators, teachers, inspirers, etc. They did always wish
to prevent women from any kind of evils. May it be any
kind of physical or intellectual or emotional threats. Until
and unless a woman is free from evils, she cannot create
a satprajaa (a worthy offspring). It was the ultimate
necessity for the welfare of mankind. So she was always
protected with absolute care. It was not that she was
exploited and was not properly educated. We can find
many rishikaas like Apaala, Ghosha, etc and many
scholars like Gaargi, Maitreyi too. If they were not
educated, how could we find these many female scholars
in those days? It was just a trick to disturb the social

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Li iSAblr lql
Supr q xMi oii ||
(Yajurveda 8.43)
The one who possess all praiseworthy qualities,
giver of happiness, light of a home, a scholar who is away
from being helpless, weak and pathetic, having noble
thoughts and lofty behavior and well known, never to be
beaten and rejected, are the qualities with which you,
Devi, are named. Having possessed of these qualities, O
Devi! Advice me too, the noble thoughts and deeds.
This is the most beautiful description to define women,
which portrays woman as a direct representation of god.

ASir UxlxlShr Ewhw:|

mwx kqr kwu ||
Yajurveda.38.3
Hey woman! You are the bridle of this earth, indeed,
veritable crown of the householder. You are as supportive
as the earth is. Give your heart and soul to your Yagna of
the house.

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point of hatredness and non-cooperation. So it would be
appreciated if both men and women act with due
responsibility, mainly social responsibility and love for each
other, instead of thinking who is great and who is not.

When performing a marriage, a man is asked to

promise as dharmecha arthecha kamehca naathi
charami, but a woman is never asked to promise so,
because it is by default, understood that women are as
pure as fire. God is infinite. But, without understanding
the finite form, it is not possible to understand the infinite
form. We share few things with parents and friends. But
through a wife we will be able to realize all the roles, as
she is the one with whom we share all the feelings. No
matter what may come, she performs every role efficiently.
She plays the role of a mother at times, the role of a
teacher too.

Is God not a representative of infinity? Yes! In human

domain, wife stands close to infinity, as she does n-number
of roles by sharing every feeling of man. But people, that
too men, stay ignorant of the greatness of a woman,
especially a wife.
Women are considered as a source to attain moskha,
a state of complete Brahman (form of wisdom) Sthree
brahma babhuvitha, as the Vedas say, moksha is
attained when all desires are satisfied, There is a saying
in Telugu kami gani vadu moksha gami kadu (a person
who does not have any desire can never desire for moksha
too).

perw qi zrlw Sx
MUhw ql qr kU ||
A woman almost forgets her self in working for
others. She sacrifices herself, her most loved things, her
ambitions, almost everything, for the welfare of her family.
Its not that there are no exceptions! No one else can do
this job, not even a mother who gives birth to us, where
as it is the wife who does n number of roles.

A woman is the most beautiful part of Gods creation.

She starts compromising at a very tender age. She
sacrifices her belongings for her brother. Later, she
sacrifices her love just to bring a smile on her parents
face. She sacrifices her life for her husband and children
without any complaint. Finally her life ends up
compromising for the happiness of others. She is the
greatest creation of God. No one can ever compete here.
Respect every girl/lady in your life. You will never know
what she has sacrificed for you.

Women are emotional by nature. These emotions

make her greedy and if its linked up with the 6 enemieskama (desire), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha
(infatuation), mada (ego) and maatsarya (jealousy), then
there could even be pralaya (dissolution of the world), as
it is said sthree buddhih pralayaantakah. That is the
tremendous capacity a woman has. The sanctity of a
wife would remain only when she works knowing her
responsibilities, without being greedy.

This fact has to be thoroughly understood by everyone

and has to be injected in to every cell of human being.
Only then, women will be respected and will not be treated
like a machine to fulfill sexual desire and a machine to
give birth. This note is not only for men who look at women
with wrong perspective, but also to women who need to
hold the greatness of being a woman. And people have
to understand that Evil has no substance of its own, but
is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption which
has substance.

She is the most wonderful creation on earth. So is it

wrong if she is protected?? She has to be protected from
such an environment which would make a bad impact on
her mind and body. More care is taken as she is the
creator. Every change in her would affect her creation and
would pose a threat to humanity too if neglected and not
taken proper care. It was the main intention for not allowing
women to get indulged in much social activities and not
just to exploit them. But in later stages, this wonderful
thought lost its existence and sanctity and became a

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This article is dedicated to that great woman, who is

revered throughout the world for her greatness, which she
carried for many centuries. She is none other than
Bharath Matha.

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