The word pravayasaḥ indicates Ajāmila's sinfulness because although he was eighty-eight years old, he had a very young child. According to Vedic culture, one should leave home as soon as he has reached fifty years of age; one should not live at home and go on producing children. Sex life is allowed for twenty-five years, between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five or, at the most, fifty. After that one should give up the habit of sex life and leave home as a vānaprastha and then properly take sannyāsa. Ajāmila, however, because of his association with a prostitute, lost all brahminical culture and became most sinful, even in his so-called household life.
According to Vedic culture, one should leave home as soon as he has reached fifty years of age; one should not live at home and go on producing children
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"According to Vedic culture, one should leave home as soon as he has reached fifty years of age; one should not live at home and go on producing children"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 6
The word pravayasaḥ indicates Ajāmila's sinfulness because although he was eighty-eight years old, he had a very young child. According to Vedic culture, one should leave home as soon as he has reached fifty years of age; one should not live at home and go on producing children.
That old man Ajāmila had ten sons, of whom the youngest was a baby named Nārāyaṇa. Since Nārāyaṇa was the youngest of all the sons, he was naturally very dear to both his father and his mother.
Page Title: | According to Vedic culture, one should leave home as soon as he has reached fifty years of age; one should not live at home and go on producing children |
Compiler: | SharmisthaK |
Created: | 2020-11-12, 05:39:21 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |