Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t6.20
Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t6.20
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c5.s2.t6.20
In this poem we see a broad-based attempt to defend marriage and procreation against ascetic ideologies extolling the virtue of celibacy. It uses both the theology of debts and the ancient doctrine that the son constitutes the immortality of the father. Beyond these, the poem appeals to the natural instincts of man: