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Letter "G" » Guru Nanak Quotes
«But for disloyalty to her husband a wife is censured among men, and ,in her next life she is born in the womb of a jackal and tormented by diseases, the punishment of her sin.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Listen ,now to the following holy discussion, salutary to all men, which the virtuous ,of the present day and the ancient great sages have held concerning male offspring.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«They all say that the male issue ,of a woman belongs to the lord, but with respect to the ,meaning of the term lord the revealed texts differ, some call the begetter ,of the child the lord , others declare ,that it is the owner of the soil.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Her father protects ,her in childhood, her husband protects ,her in youth, and her sons protect ,her in old age, a woman is never fit for independence.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Reprehensible is the father who gives not ,his daughter in marriage at the proper time, reprehensible is the husband who approaches not ,his wife in due season , and reprehensible is the son who does not protect his mother after her husband has died.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Women must particularly be guarded against evil inclinations, however trifling ,they may appear , for, if they are not guarded, they will bring sorrow on two families.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Considering that the highest duty of all castes, even weak husbands ,must strive to guard their wives.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«He who carefully guards his wife, preserves ,the purity of his offspring, virtuous conduct, his family, himself, and his ,means of acquiring merit.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«As the male is to whom a wife cleaves, even so is the son whom she brings forth, let him therefore carefully guard his wife, in order to keep his offspring pure.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«No man can completely guard women by force, but they can be guarded by the employment of the ,following expedients.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
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