10 Sep 2024
[Padanamaskaram swami: Shri Kishore ram asked the following:
In marriages Kanyadanam take place. The bride's parents give bride to the groom and bride parents earn lot of merits doing so but the bride parents still depends on daughter's money after marriage even though they have son and daughter in law who are earning . Is it fair ?
At the lotus feet of Swami
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Swami replied: Generally, parents depend on son and daughter-in-law only after performing the marriage of daughter. This may be a special case of a human being or human beings of a special state. However, the basic concept is that the parents should keep something with them for their maintenance especially in this age of Kali, in which the money is ruling everybody beyond all the relationships. In the other ages (Yugas), parents used to give all the property to the issues (Manuh Putrabhyah... Veda) without keeping anything for them because the human beings in those ages cared more for relationships and justice other than the money.