History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c32.28

v2.c32.28

The Sm. C. also expressly says that anvārohaṇa,¹⁴⁸⁰ though recommended by the Viṣṇu Dh. S. (25. 14) and Aṅgiras, is inferior to brahmacarya (leading a celibate life), since the rewards of anvārohaṇa are inferior to those of brahmacarya. As against this may be cited the extreme view of Aṅgiras ‘for all women there is no other duty except falling into the funeral pyre, when the husband dies.’¹⁴⁸¹ The Śuddhitattva remarks that this extreme or sweeping statement is made by way of belauding *sahamarana*.