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necessary for women to supplement the income of the family they can. When they have leisure, they can do some lucrative work at home. Otherwise, women should not be encouraged to earn money.
Men should earn money by using honest and just methods. They should not carry out any business or occupation which may bring about calamities; which may cause mental agitation and which may bring about painful or evil contemplations. People should not have the craze for affluence. They should not have the craving to become wealthy.
In this manner, you must keep everything ship-shape in your family in respect of the Dharma, spiritual activity; Artha, the endeavour to earn money and Kama, the endeavour to fulfil sensual desires.
You must also think of the security of the members of your family. Therefore, the author of the grantha, the great Acharya says, "You must keep your dependants free from dangers and calamities. You must see that they have proper security.” There are two methods. One relates to the worldly things and the other relates to the other-worldly things. Only that man who safeguards his dependants against dangers can really be called the head of the family. If you are heads of families, it is your duty to save the members of your family from dangers and calamities.
From the Audience : We can safeguard those that pay heed to our words but how can we safeguard those that do not care for our advice ?
Maharajashri: Where is any need to safeguard those who do not care for your advice and who act wilfully ignoring your advice? Why should you give protection to such people? We shall speak of such people later but first, you should safeguard those people who respect your advice. That means, you must see that they do not engage themselves in such activities as will bring them sorrow in this life and anguish in the otherworldly life...
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