Stri dharma in Krsna Consciousness

Principles of Chastity #4 Maintaining the vows  Married women keeping fasts for the welfare of husband is intrinsic to vedic culture. Various family traditions have different rituals or festivals, which comes once in year in indian household to name a few : Varalakshmi vrata, hariyali teej,  karva chauth, Kedari gowri vrata, etc; nowadays these are carried out as a matter of ritual. In Srimad bhagavatam, Narada Muni describes that it is duty of the married women to maintain vows regularly.  nityaṁ tad-vrata-dhāraṇam  What those vows which a chaste women needs to accept it always?   Vrata (व्रत) refers to “vow undertaken for self-purification and spiritual benefit”. Then dhäraëä. Dhäraëä means meditating, then the subject matter will be fixed up in your heart. It will not move. Not that every day I am meditating on some new subject, no. A chaste women is instructed here to meditate upon the husband everyday. This is referred as vow of chastity. Her thoughts, deed...

 Principle #3 Well Disposed towards Husband's family and Friends This is one of the essential factor in gaining the husband's heart. Often Prabhupada used to say Krsna is never alone. When we say Krsna, it also includes, his devotees, his eternal associates, his potencies, his paraphernalia etc.  Whenever we speak of Krsna, we refer to His devotees also, for He is not alone. He is never nirvisesa or sunya, without variety, or zero. Krsna is full of variety, and as soon as Krsna is present, there cannot be any question of void. (Srimad bhagavatam 4.23.35) When we speak of Kṛṣṇa, it does not mean Kṛṣṇa was alone. Kṛṣṇa means with His form, with His pastimes, with His paraphernalia, with His entourage, everything. When we speak of king, it does not mean king is alone. As soon as we speak of king, we must understand the king, king's kingdom, king's secretaries, king's ministers, king's queen, king's palace, so many things. ( Lecture on BG 1.10 -- London, July 12...