Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c12.37

v2.c12.37

But above all it is of course in the beyond that the faithful wife is rewarded. She goes into the world of her husband (xiv, 20.4); there are, indeed, various worlds, the highest heavens of the pious, that are seen only by Brahma, holy Rishis, Brahmans with a pure spirit, and faithful wives, and which are for ever shut even to the eyes of the king of the gods (xiii, 73.² ff.). Nay, more: Far away beyond the heaven of those that are absorbed in holy meditation (brahmasattrim) lies the world of faithful wives; beyond that again lies only the formless, the domain of ultimate being. ix, 50.41-48.