A Deeper Understanding of the Significance of Sannyasa (in Kali-yuga)
In this age of Kali, five things should be avoided: one is performing sacrifice by offering cows; performing sacrifice by offering horse; and oblation offering to the forefathers with meat; and then to get child by the husband’s younger brother. Maybe it was practiced formerly. According to Vedic rituals, the husband’s wife… That is permanent relation; there is no divorce, nothing of the sort. But in case of the husband being sick or dead, the women was allowed, if she has no children, to get children by the husband’s younger brother. Devarena. That is also now not allowed. So these five things are not allowed in this age, Kali-yuga: sacrifice offering cows, sacrifice offering horse, sannyasa—renouncing family life—sannyasa order, offering oblations with meat to the forefathers, and begetting children through the husband’s younger… These five items are forbidden.
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