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[The Fourtneen Dreams of Lady Trishala
are, therefore, wholly responsible for making or maring the life of their children. When such ill-bred children cannot better themselves, it is simply useless to hope that they would better the conditions of the nation or country to which they belong. Nature destroys those who try to break her laws. It would have been better for man, who is so proud of his knowledge, if he had tried to understand the laws of Nature and obeyed her commands. Man is weaker than horse bullock, elephant or lion in strength. Realising this he should have abstained himself from sexual intercourse far more earnestly than these beasts. But today we see that in respect of sensual copulation and fulfilment of sensuous appetite, man has degraded himself more than the lowest class of beasts and birds like dogs etc., to say nothing of high class-beasts like elephants or horses. His condition is like that of a man who wants to establish the kingdom of the dead in a ruined city, or like that of a foolish farmer who repents after sowing his field out of season, Hence, if he wants to utilise his body of man for attaining salvation, if he wants that his children should be brave and strong enough to raise the dignity of their nation and country, if he wants to maintain the superiority of his human body and not to be called meaner than birds and beasts, he must make it a point that he observes the religious vow of Brahmcharya in his life, that he ennobles his thoughts and feelings by coming into contact with the saints and studying religious scripture, and that he never sleeps with his wife on the same bed and in the same bed chamber.
Let us now turn to Queen Trishala. She woke up her husband with very sweet words. He found her standing
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