For them, marriage is equivalent to upanayan and service of their husbands is equivalent to the study of the Vedas in the gurukul.37 Even if the husband is morally degraded, engaged in an affair with another woman and is devoid of knowledge and other qualities, the wife must treat him like a god. 38 A widower is allowed to remarry but a widow is not. 39 Besides, women are not considered fit for be