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DUTIES OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.
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8. The husband, after conception by his wife, becomes an embryo and is born again of her; for that is the wifehood of a wife (gâya), that he is born (gâyate) again by her.
9. As the male is to whom a wife cleaves, even so is the son whom she brings forth ; let him therefore carefully guard his wife, in order to keep his offspring pure.
10. No man can completely guard women byú force; but they can be guarded by the employment of the (following) expedients :
11. Let the (husband) employ his (wife) in the collection and expenditure of his wealth, in keeping (everything) clean, in (the fulfilment of) religious duties, in the preparation of his food, and in looking after the household utensils.
12. Women, confined in the house under trustworthy and obedient servants, are not (well) guarded; but those who of their own accord keep guard over themselves, are well guarded.
13. Drinking (spirituous liquor), associating with wicked people, separation from the husband, rambling abroad, sleeping (at unseasonable hours), and dwelling in other men's houses, are the six causes of the ruin of women.
family' (Når.), or ‘his property' (Rágh.). "Himself,' i. e.' because legitimate children alone can offer the Sraddhas' (Gov., Kull., Râgh.), or 'because an adulteress and her paramour are likely to attempt his life' (Medh.). His (means of acquiring) merit,' i. e.
because the husband of an adulteress is not entitled to kindle the sacred fire' (Gov., Kull., Râgh.). Nâr. says, ' his duty (as a householder)
8. Yâgñ. I, 56. The idea is taken from the Veda ; see e.g. Aitareya-brâhmana VII, 13, to which Kull, refers.
13. 'Associating with wicked people,' i.e. 'with other unfaithful wives' (Når.), or with adulterers' (Râgh.).
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