Brahma Vaivarta Purana
The Wedding of Durväsä and Kandali
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
21.The mind also does not follow one into the next birth. A good wife, however, follows her husband birth after birth. As long as he lives with a wife, a man cannot break the cycle of re-birth. 22.As long as one must take birth again a person is compelled to experience the good and past results of his past karma. O king of sages, for this reason service to Lord Kåñëa is the best of all actions. 23.Something stopped my meditation on Lord Kåñëa's lotus feet. What misdeed in a previous birth was the cause of this? I do not know. 24.When I saw a demon enjoy sex with an unchaste woman, my mind became filled with lust. In this way destiny gave me the result of my past karma. 25.O sage, I will tolerate a hundred insults from your daughter. After that I will give her the result she earns by insulting me. 26.Tolerance of a wife's harsh words is most condemned. A man thus conquered by his wife is condemned by all who are good in the three worlds. 27.Placing your order on my head, I will accept your daughter. A man that rejects the offering of a beautiful wife certainly goes to hell. 28.If a man controlling his senses rejects, out of fear of breaking the rules of religion, an unchaste woman who approaches him in a solitary place, even he goes to hell. 29.After speaking these words, Durväsä became silent. Then, following the procedures described in the Vedas, Aurva Muni gave his daughter to Durväsä. 30.Durväsä agreed, So be it." Then, after giving both his daughter and a proper dowry, out of bewilderment Aurva Muni loudly wept. |
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