Vasudev Mahatmya English - Shree Swaminarayan Temple Bhuj

Chapter 22
Shree Vasudeva Mahatmyam 239 240
With English Translation
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causing pain and company of non-virtuous people. Men also
should give up all these. (58)
Women should be engrossed in good acts; they should
avoid always insolence (thinking that she is superior) and
be full of humility, they should have complete control over
the senses. (59)
Rooted in chastity, she should be devoted to Ramapati (Lord
Vishnu); she should never think about herself as an independent.
(60)
The widow should always worship Lord Vishnu regarding
Him as her husband; she should not listen to information related
to sex, or speak about it. (61)
Except in times of emergency, she should not touch other
men other than close relatives, or look at them with carnal
desires. (62)
Chapter 22
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No blemish will occur by touching the breast-suckling baby
or a very old man. If a widow inevitably has to talk to men,
she should do so without arguing much, even in business dealings.
Only in case of emergency, she may talk with them in an
open place. (63-64)
She should not purposely see, even once, animals cohabiting;
she should give up all sensual pleasures; she may have limited
meal only once in a day.She should not wear red, yellow,
green and other colored or beautiful dresses; She should not
wear ornaments or sleep in during daytime. Except in times of
emergency, she should not sleep on a cot. (66)
She should not take betel leaves; she should not have oil bath
or use collyrium; she should always be afraid of the company
of men, as that of a black snake. (67)