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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 07 Chapter 12 - The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes]]
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<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<h3>SB Canto 7</h3>
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If the wife of the spiritual master is young, a young brahmacārī should not allow her to care for his hair, massage his body with oil, or bathe him with affection like a mother.
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[[Vanisource:SB 7.12.8|SB 7.12.8, Translation and Purport]]
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If the wife of the spiritual master is young, a young brahmacārī should not allow her to care for his hair, massage his body with oil, or bathe him with affection like a mother.
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The relationship between the student or disciple and the wife of the spiritual master or teacher is like that between son and mother. A mother sometimes cares for her son by combing his hair, massaging his body with oil, or bathing him. Similarly, the wife of the teacher is also a mother (guru-patnī), and therefore she may also care for the disciple in a motherly way. If the wife of the teacher is a young woman, however, a young brahmacārī should not allow such a mother to touch him. This is strictly prohibited. There are seven kinds of mothers:

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:ātma-mātā guroḥ patnī</dd><dd>brāhmaṇī rāja-patnikā</dd><dd>dhenur dhātrī tathā pṛthvī</dd><dd>saptaitā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ
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These mothers are the original mother, the wife of the teacher or spiritual master, the wife of a brāhmaṇa, the king's wife, the cow, the nurse and the earth. Unnecessary association with women, even with one's mother, sister or daughter, is strictly prohibited. This is human civilization. A civilization that allows men to mix unrestrictedly with women is an animal civilization. In Kali-yuga, people are extremely liberal, but mixing with women and talking with them as equals actually constitutes an uncivilized way of life.

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