Category:Chaste and Faithful Wife
Theme Analysis
In the Vedic conception of society, a woman's chastity is considered her greatest strength and the foundation of domestic peace. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that by remaining faithful to her husband, a wife not only maintains social order but also acquires supernatural power and shares in her husband's spiritual merits. This dedication is not merely a social custom but a religious duty that propels both husband and wife toward spiritual perfection.
- The Source of Power and Beauty: A woman's true beauty lies in her character. Through chastity, she generates a spiritual energy that protects her family and allows her to share the results of her husband's pious activities without separate endeavor.
- The Formula for Peace: When a husband is qualified and a wife is chaste, their home transforms into a haven of peace, comparable to heaven. This domestic harmony is essential for the prosperity of society at large.
- Ideal Role Models: The Vedic history offers examples of great women like Sītā, Devahūti, and Sukanyā, whose unwavering faithfulness to their husbands—even in difficult circumstances—serves as the standard for all women to follow.
- Spiritual Partnership: The ultimate goal of marriage is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When a wife assists her husband in his devotional service through her faithful behavior, both advance together toward the perfection of life.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Spiritual Perfection for the Chaste and Faithful Wife.
Pages in category "Chaste and Faithful Wife"
The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
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- A chaste and faithful woman must not practice adultery - that is a greatly sinful act
- According to Vedic culture, a woman must accept the husband given to her by her parents and remain chaste and faithful to him. Therefore King Saryati was surprised to see a young man by the side of Sukanya
- As a man must follow great personalities like Brahma and Narada, a woman must follow the path of such ideal women as Sita, Mandodari and Draupadi. By staying chaste and faithful to her husband, a woman enriches herself with supernatural power
- As stated in the sastra, the results of a husband's pious activities are shared by his wife. A woman's duty is to be very chaste and faithful to her husband. Then without separate endeavor she will share in all the profit the husband earns
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- If a woman becomes faithful, chaste wife, then the next life there is chance of her becoming a male. Because according to Vedic literature, to take a birth as woman is low-grade
- If the husband is first class and the wife is chaste and faithful, then the home is heaven. This is the formula
- If the husband is nice and the woman follows, woman becomes faithful and chaste to the husband, then their both life becomes successful
- If you train woman from the very beginning how to become chaste and faithful to the husband, they can become a very good mother, very good asset in the family
- In India still, eighty percent, ninety percent they are very happy in their family life, never mind one is poor or rich, because the wife knows these three things: to remain chaste and faithful to the husband, and she knows how to cook nicely
- In the material world, unless women are trained to be chaste and faithful to their husbands, there cannot be peace or prosperity in society
- It is not my advice, but it is the advice of the Vedic knowledge that woman should be chaste and faithful to man
- It is the duty of a faithful and chaste wife to help her husband in every respect, especially when the husband is engaged in Krsna consciousness. In this case, the husband also amply rewarded the wife
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- Mother Sita was very submissive, faithful, shy and chaste, always understanding the attitude of her husband. Thus by her character and her love and service she completely attracted the mind of the Lord
- My opinion is already there according to the . . . they should be chaste, faithful to husband. Little literary knowledge, they can read. That's all. Not very much
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- The Aditya Purana, Markandeya Purana and Padma Purana tell about a brahmana who was suffering from leprosy but had a very chaste and faithful wife
- The Asvini-kumaras were very pleased to see Sukanya's chastity and faithfulness. Thus they showed her Cyavana Muni, her husband, and after taking permission from him, they returned to the heavenly planets in their plane
- The boys should be trained up to become first-class men, samo damas titiksa, like that. And literary, Sanskrit and English, that will make them perfect. If the husband is first class and the wife is chaste and faithful, then the home is heaven
- The daughter was young, & he (Cyavana Muni) was like her great-grandfather. Match was not at all suitable, but he had to offer. So this girl also took it seriously, & she was serving the old husband very faithfully like honest, chaste wife, - Never mind
- The enchanting vibration of His (Krsna's) songs became a great impediment to the young girls, who were supposed to remain chaste and faithful to their husbands
- The grocer heard the whole story, and his mind became changed - Oh, such a chaste woman. Such a faithful . . . she . . . you are my mother. You take more ingredients, grains. As much as you like
- This Gandhari, she has been described as tapasvini. She wanted to be a faithful, chaste wife
- This is psychology. If woman is chaste, even though she is not very beautiful, she will be liked by the husband. So train them in that way: very chaste, faithful wife and knows how to cook very nicely
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- We have got our school, Dallas. We are teaching the small children to make the boys first-class men, as it is enunciated in the Bhagavad-gita, and woman to become very faithful and chaste. That's all
- We shall teach the girls two things. One thing is how to become chaste and faithful to their husband, and how to cook nicely. If these two qualifications they have, I'll take guarantee to get for them good husband
- Women should be trained up to be very faithful and chaste. Then the life will be very happy. That is the only education for woman