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16/ MANAV DHARMA to protect their chastity. To violate the modesty of any woman is an offence in the eyes of both, state and religious laws.
Some people in modem age do tell or think that as bread, cloth and house are the most important needs of a man's life, sexual inter course is also a need too. When ever the passions for sensuous pleasures arise then to satisfy those passions, there is no harm, no
jection, it that passion is satisfied with any one, who is easily and readily available. Why is it prescribed that satisfaction of sexual pleasure should be done with a particular woman (or man as the case may be) why is there this limitation ? This is nothing but a clear favouritism or which is clearly an evil thing. To such people, the author does not want to tell something specific but wants to put a question then. "What is the difference between an animal and a human being ? When no importance is attached to blood relations like mother, sisters and other female relatives. then what is the importance and utility of leading a family. - household life and what will be its shape in the absence of such relations ?
Meaning to say is, that to maintain the family relations better and well in order, a man must have the contentment of sexual pleasures with his own wife. And to renounce the relations with other women for this pleasure, will be a special feature. The word, another man's wife or other woman, signifies that a woman, controlled rightfully by another man, is known as other woman and secondly. prostitutes and other blemished women are taken as independent women, hence to keep sexual relations with them is not objectionable. But this notion is also wrong and illegal beacuse they come under the category of "other women". The vow relates with the contentment with one's own wife and renunciation of the relations of sexual pleasure with "other women" of the human society. Thus this Anuvrata has two kinds - (i) Contentment with one's own wife and (ii) Renunciation of wife of another man or of all other women
even prostitutes or blemished one.
Contrary to this is the same law or vow applicable for women. To establish socially approved relation with one particular man - known as a husband for sexual pleasures. is known as the celibacy of a married woman. (PATIVRATA DHARMA) Ths rule or vow dictates a woman to be content for sexual pleasures with her own husband and in his absence or sudden death, adopt strict celibacy. There is one more different form of celibacy on the death of the husband in young age. On the sad demise of the first husband, a woman. who fails to control her sexual passions, is allowed to establish such
