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not have surplus money with them. They must have only a limited amount of money with them. A young woman should not be free to wander about alone. Even this fourth principle is equally important. There should be some elderly woman with a young woman always as her caretaker and protectress. A young woman of course should never be left alone in the house. I hope you will agree with me on this point.
NEVER LEAVE A YOUNG WOMAN ALONE
Sometime ago, I met a gentleman. He was a young man. He was educated and he was working in a government factory. He hailed from Rajasthan but he was working in Madhya Pradesh. After his marriage, he took his wife to Madhya Pradesh. The government gave him quarters and he set up his family in the quarters given to him and began living happily. But when that gentleman went to his office, his wife had to remain alone at home. The neighbours were from various states and so they could not understand one another's language. Each group had its own way of life. Some people ate meat and drank wine. That woman was greatly perplexed and agitated. She used to enjoy peace of mind only when her husband came home in the evening but the consequence was, as time passed, her mental stability was completely upset. Her mental agitation had its effect upon her health also. One day, she said to her husband, "I cannot live here. Please take me back home. I will live with your father and mother. If I live here, I will surely become mad".
You should not think that this condition prevails only in some families. Actually, it is widespread. After marriage, either the son himself sets up a separate family or his wife insists upon his setting up a separate family. Either the son does not like to live with his parents or the daughter-in-law does not like to live with her father-in-law and mother-in-law. At any rate, for one reason or another, they will live separately. In such a case, when her husband is absent from home, the wife has to remain alone. Does she like to be alone? She has no one to speak to and no one to converse with and she will develop friendship with the neighbouring families. She will go to
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