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woman, or her clothes; even when she is not there the clothes owned by any woman other than . his wife should not be touched.
“Before women he must not talk improper language, and never brag of his powers. He must not say I have done this, and I have done that.'
"The householder must always please his wife with wealth, clothes, love, faith, and words like nectar, and never do anything to disturb her. That man who has succeeded in getting the love of a chaste wife has succeeded in his religion and has all the virtues.”
The following are duties towards children :--
“A son should be well taken care of until he is four years of age ; after that he should be educated. When he is 20 years of age the father must not think of him as a little boy; he then is his own equal, being a householder himself. Exactly in the same manner the daughter should be brought up, and with the greatest care should be educated. And when she marries, the father ought to give her jeweis and wealth.
