Stri dharma in Krsna Consciousness

  Brahma divided women into two classes: one is a true form of womanhood and other is illusory. The true form of womanhood is a reflection of original goddesses. Wicked women are illusory representations of these goddesses.  From the Creator have come chaste and unchaste women. One is praiseworthy, the other is not. Examples of chaste women are Lakñmé, Sarasvaté, Durgä, Sävitré and Rädhä. Women who are expansions of them are auspicious, glorious and very commendable, such as Çatarüpa, Devahüti, Svadhä, Svähä, Dakñiëä, Anasüya, Gaìgä, Diti, Aditi, Vedavaté, etc. In every yuga cycle these women are excellent. The heavenly prostitutes are also expansions and partial expansions of the above women, but they are not praiseworthy because they are unchaste.   Women who are in the mode of goodness are virtuous and pure. The sages declare them to be excellent. But those who are in the modes of passion and ignorance are not so praiseworthy. The passionate ones are fond of sense plea...

 principle#2 being favorably disposed towards the husband The second principle we learn from Srimad Bhagavatam 7.11.25 is the chaste wife who accepts husband as her worshippable deity, must be favourably disposed towards her husband. sanskrit text used there is anukulata and susrusa, Favorable service. Always being amiable while serving husband. For that a wife has to convinced, being a servant is not a inferior position and the husband should not treat her like an inferior or incapable woman. Remember, your identity is determined by how to treat your wife, you can be "husband" like that of Lord Rama, not a king. often, people misunderstand scriptures, Rama is described as an ideal husband, because he never cheated on his wife. Eka patni vrata. he has taken vow of accepting only one wife. Lord Rama as a king banished sita for the welfare of his subjects, the king has to sacrifice his faultless wife sita.  In order to be favorably disposed towards her husband, wife has to be o...

 Principle# 1 Render service to the husband  Let the (husband) employ his (wife) in the collection and expenditure of his wealth, in keeping (everything) clean, in (the fulfilment of) religious duties, in the preparation of his food, and in looking after the household utensils. MAnusmriti 9.11 The foremost duty of a chaste wife is to serve her husband. The virtue of a chaste wife or performing one's prescribed duty is explained a ancient story, A certain young Sannyasi went to a forest and there mediated and worshipped and practiced Yoga for a long time. After twelve years of hard work and patience, he was one day sitting under a tree when some dry leaves fell upon his head. He looked up and saw a crow and a crane fighting on the top of the tree. They made him very angry. He said, “What, you dare to throw those dry leaves upon my head,” and as he looked upon them with anger, a flash of fire burst from his head – the Yogi’s power – and burnt the birds to ashes. He was very glad...

  Wife should be maidservant of husband ( in mental disposition) it is not that husband has to treat the wife like one. Wife and husband has equal rights but good people don’t take advantage of it.   The natural law is that the human being may take advantage of these godly gifts by nature and satisfactorily flourish on them without being captivated by the exploitative motive of lording it over material nature. The more we attempt to exploit material nature according to our whims of enjoyment, the more we shall become entrapped by the reaction of such exploitative attempts. Sb 1.8.40  Crooked people misconstrue the statements made in the scriptures to suit their ulterior motives. to avoid this anomaly, Vedic literatures and holy scriptures were protected by the disciplic succession. Vedic aphorisms can be interpreted in many ways. The acharya or spiritual master coming from a bonafide parampara and he himself is properly following the samprada...