Rik (x.18.8) blesses a woman at her second marriage, with progeny and prosperity in this life time:: Go up, O woman, to the world of living you stand by this one who is deceased come! to him who grasps your hand, your second spouse ( didhisu) ,you have now entered into the relation of wife to husband. Some scholars say the widow could marry any person, not necessarily the brother of the deceased husband or a relative. Rig Veda therefore expressly sanctions widow-marriage.
Rig-Veda not only sanctions survival of a widow and her right to property but also approves her marriage with the brother of her dead husband and to live with full dignity and honor in the family. This rik also, confers upon her full right on house and properties of her deceased husband. Ud īrṣva nāry abhi jīvalokaṃ gatāsum etam upa śeṣa ehi |hastagrābhasya didhiṣos tavedam patyur janitvam abhi sam babhūtha || The Rik also commands the widow to return to the world of living beings, return to her home and to her children and grand children, “Rise, woman, (and go) to the world of living beings come, this man near whom you sleep is lifeless you have enjoyed this state of being the wife of your husband, the suitor who took you by the hand.” Rik (X.18.8) is recited by the dead man’s brothers and others, requesting the widow to release her husband’s body for cremation. Now for my article on Widow Remarriage, one Swamiji asked me relevant Vedic Verses that support Widow Remarriage.Ī set of 14 Riks in 18 th Mandala of the 10 th book deal with treatment of widows. This has happened quite a few times, like the one when I wrote that women should wear Upaveedha or Jaanu and of the Seven Chaste Women,Only one fits the present definition of chastity. I am pilloried by secular Historians as Being Right, while the traditionalists challenge me for being Liberal and not presenting Vedas in the proper light.
I have been writing for the past eleven years ,trying to present facts as I find them from original sources,be it the Vedas or Archeology in the case of determining the date of Hinduism or the presence of Sanatan Dharm. I had written in an article that Hinduism sanctions widow remarriage.I had mentioned that Manu Smriti supports Widow Remarriage and by inference concluded that Vedic Hinduism allowed Widow remarriage.
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