Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 18:91-100

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Vipra-patni-mokñana

Delivering the Wives of the Brähmanas

Chapter 18: Verse 91-100

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 91.How can we leave such saintly and virtuous husbands and go to the earth to accept other sages as our husbands? 92.O king of sages, if we go, then when will we return here? One who knows what is right will not blame us for being touched without our knowledge. 93.Even though Indra raped her, Ahalyä became pure and regained her husband. Why reject us simply because we were touched? 94.O follower of religious principles, O sage who has crossed to the farther shore of the Vedas and Vedäìgas, please think about this. You are the son of the demigod Brahmä, the Vedas' author. You are the best of all knowers of the Vedas. 95.Afraid of outsiders, wives take shelter of their husbands, but if the wives become afraid of their own husbands, of whom can they take shelter? 96.O follower of religious principles, who is so weak that he cannot punish a frightened son, disciple, or wife? 97.Strong or weak, a man has power over his own property. He can sell his own property, and no one can stop him. 98.Hearing the wives' words, the great sage became compassionate. Lovingly gazing at their lotus faces, he wept. 99.Even though he was the best of the yogis and philosophers, and even though he had traveled to the farther shore of the Vedas and Vedäìgas, he was bewildered at the prospect of separation from his wives. 100.Everyone became unhappy, their hearts agitated by the impending separation. Gazing at his wives' faces, the sage stood like a wooden doll.