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have said even a word about this matter. A great enlightened man, Bhagwan Umaswathi has said,
"77: 9 ai i ArgentOTEL" Loka means society; society means people. People are the real support or prop for men of self-discipline. That which is a real support for men of self-restraint must be pure and firm. If the basis is impure or insecure or incapable, the super-structure will crumble at sometime or the other. If people are not noble, pure and 'virtuous, they cannot support and venerate saintly men and women. The very existence of saintly men and women will be endangered. Sadhus or saintly men can pursue their austerities with a sense of security only in a society that values purity and self-restraint. In a society that does not value purity, chastity and austerity even the purity and austerity of the Sadhus and Sadhvis will be marred.
I will explain to you later the various kinds of marriage systems that prevailed in ancient India and how those marriages were settled and celebrated.
This is enough for to-day.
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