[…] And similarly, dam-pate kalahe, I mean to say, “war between husband and wife…” So these things are to be taken as insignificant. So, of course, in India the quarrel between husband and wife, nobody cares. Nobody takes very seriously.
The husband may complain, the wife may complain. Everyone says, “Yes, yes. That’s all right. It will be all right.” They never go to court for divorce. You see? But it is… There is no seriousness. And actually it is fact. I have seen a serious….they are divorced, but still, the husband is anxious for the wife, and the wife is anxious for the husband. The divorce is artificial.
The husband and wife, the combination, that cannot be cut off. So one should tolerate these things. If there is some misunderstanding, they should not go to the court for divorce. They should tolerate.
Just like in the Manu-samhita there is no divorce. Now our Hindu laws, they have amended, “Divorce is allowed.” That is not according to Manu-samhita.
These are some of the rules for spiritual advancement.
Full Lecture
Bhagavad-gita 6.32-40
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
New York, September 14, 1966
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