The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c7.s3.59

c7.s3.59

In the Vedic and Upanishadic periods when post-puberty marriages were the order of the day, religious and spiritual ideals were held in high veneration by the community; they used to permeate the atmosphere of society and raise up its moral tone. This used to help grown-up maidens and youths in following the rules and discipline of the Brahmacharya life. Unless there is a similar or corresponding atmosphere in society, it will not be able to reap the full advantages of post-puberty marriages. If youths and maidens, who have to remain unmarried till an advanced age, have to live in a society full of temptation and characterised by a vitiated taste, their late marriages would not be much better than the child marriages of the last century from the eugenic point of view.