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desire', that she was always free, that father, mother and other collaterals had no right to interfere in her desire ; that a virgin has the right to cohabit with a person of her choice. All the females are free and so are males ; This is the normal course of the world; all others are unnatural barriers. She would not transgress Dharma by cohabiting with him.39 Kunti cohabited with Deva Sūrya (Savitri of Vedic Age.)
A Brāhmaṇa caught hold of the hands of Svetaketu's mother and took her away in the presence of his father
Uddālaka. Svetaketu became angry. Legend of Svetaketu's
Uddalaka told him not to be angry because
this was the ancient Dharma Women of all Varņas are free as cows and animals.40 There were no restrictions on women in ancient times. They could cohabit with anybody at any time if they so desired. At that time, if the women discarded their husbands and behaved as they pleased, right from their unmarried state, it was not considered irreligious; that indeed was the Dharma. This ancient Dharma is still practised by the birds and animals who are free from sexual jealousy. This Dharma visualised by the ancients is respected by the sages and still prevails in the Uttarakuru. This practice favourable to the women is eternal Dharma.“ We may not forget that Uttarakuru was the original home of the Aryans.
Promiscuity was the general Dharma or the social code of the Aryan conduct in their original home--the land of Uttarakuru. This Dharma was accepted by the Rșis as a social law till the times of Uddalaka. Uddālaka and Śvetaketu flourished during the age of Janaka of Videha who flourished in the seventh century B. C.42 This is perfectly clear that the Promiscuous state of sex-relationship continued from the earliest times to the seventh century
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