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Manusmriti, Chapter 3, verse 56First, let it be heard
The verse
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यत्र पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते ।
सर्वाः क्रियाः॥
What does it convey?
Where women are honored, there the divine rejoices; where they are not honored, every sacred act becomes fruitless.
The beauty of this verse
Where women are honored, life flourishes.
The verse makes the dignity of women a measure of the society around them. It draws a striking contrast: honoring women is associated with the presence of the divine, while dishonoring them renders even other noble acts fruitless. Its message is simple but powerful—how a society treats its women reveals the values it truly lives by.