...and fruit ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. 158. "Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries,...incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed lay such women, as were devoted to one only husband. 159. "Many thousands of Brahmans, having avoided...

...living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruits, but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue...have been followed by such women as were devoted to only one husband. A virtuous wife ascends to heaven, if, after the decease of her lord, she devotes...

...flowers, roots, and fruit ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of aiother man. Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries,...by such women as were devoted to one only husband. Many thousands of Brahmins, having avoided sensuality from their early youth, and having left no issue...

...living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots and fruits, but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue...practising the incomparable rules of virtue which have been ïï 24 The Social Role of the Gîta followed by such women as were devoted to only one husband.18...

..."Manu in plain terms enjoins a widow to continnc till death forgiving all injuries, performing austere duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully...have been followed by such women as were devoted to only one husband" ( ?67" 368). He corroborates this statement with one from Tajnaralkya regarding a...

...Preface). This great legislator, in describing the duties of widows, thus ordains: 'Let her (the widow) continue till death, forgiving all injuries, performing...by such women, as were devoted to one only husband' (Chap, v, verse 158, p.271). 'And like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though...

...roots, and fruit; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. 2. Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries,...have been followed by such women as were devoted to only one husband. 140 MENU:— Many thousands of Brahmanas, having avoided sensuality from their early...

...Manu in plain terms enjoins a widow to "continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing austere duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully...by such women as were devoted to one only husband." (Ch. V; p. 158). So Yajnavalkya inculcates the same doctrine: "A widow shall live under care of her...

...widow to continue till death for giving all injuries, performing austere duties, avoiding every sexual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable...have been followed by such women as were devoted to only one husband".2' While comparing the relative advantages of sati and ascetic life, Rammohun gave...

...servile class.* Those of the higher classes are not even to pronounce the name of another man, but " to continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing...cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue." * Besides these strict precepts relating to the government of the passions, other circumstances would...