Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s3.42

c6.s3.42

It is the peculiar conception of the Hindus that the dharma patnī or the married wife is said to be the means of attaining the fruit of trivarga. The Cāṇakya Nīti Śāstra says³ ‘भार्यामूलं त्रिवर्गस्य’ and this very idea is expressed in different words and is put by Vālmīki into the mouth of Rāmachandra,⁴ on the eve of his departure to the forest when his mother and brother expressed their utmost desire to follow him. An