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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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It is your duty to take care of your wife but if she is a woman of an impetuous temper, if she always gets angry for every thing, and if she keeps frowning throughout the day, and if she begins quarrelling for every small thing, it is your duty to give up such a wife.
In the same manner, it has been suggested that we should discard our relatives if they do not love us.
आब नहीं आदर नहीं, नहीं नयन में नेह । 'तुलसी' तहाँ न जाइये, कंचन बरसे मेह ॥ Āba nahim ādar nahim
nahim nayan me neh “Tulasi' tahā na jaiye
Kanchana barase meh. “Tulasi! Do not go to a place where you do not see the light of love and respect in the eyes of the people even if, a rain of gold pours down there."
In the Nitivakyamrita the following duties are prescibed:
त्रीण्यवश्यं भर्तव्यानि माता
क्लत्रमप्राप्तव्यवहाराणि चापत्यानि Trinyavashyam bhartavyani māta Kalatramaprāptavyavahārāni Chapatyāni
“One must take care of one's mother, wife and chi)dren until they grow up to stand on their own feet. That is, until the children can depend on themselves."
आयोनुरूपो व्ययः कार्यः ।।
Āyanurupo Vyayah Karyaḥ “We should spend according to our income; that is we should not spend more than what we earn." There is a proverb in Hindi also, "ते ते पांव पसारिये
Afet Fant at 11" Te te pamo pasāriye
Jeti lambi saur.
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