Shloka : 133

अथैतयोस्तु भार्याम्यामाज्ञया पत्युरात्मन: ।

कृष्णमंत्रोपदेशश्च कर्तव्य: स्त्रीभ्य एव हि ॥ 133 ॥

અને હવે એ અયોધ્યાપ્રસાદ અને રઘુવીર એ બેની જે પત્નીઓ, તેમણે પોતપોતાના પતિની આજ્ઞાએ કરીને સ્ત્રીઓને જ, શ્રીકૃષ્ણના મંત્રનો ઉપદેશ કરવો પણ પુરુષને ન કરવો. ॥ 133 ॥

And now the respective wives of Ayodhyaprasad and Raghuveer, should initiate only the women with the permission of their respective husbands into the Mantra of Shri Krishna, but should not initiate the men. || 133 ||

Commentary

The respective wives of Dharmadhurandhar Acharyas, assigned by Shri Hari, should initiate the women who have surrendered to Shri Hari with the permission of their respective husbands into the Mantra of Shri Hari. Because the women who initiate others into the religion, perform charity, visit the places of pilgrimage or observe fasts without the permission of their respective husbands definitely attain failure in their respective deeds.

Shruti, Smriti and Guhya Sutras have mentioned the unity of husband and wife in terms of being as well as functioning. Therefore if the wife of Acharya initiates some lady Satsangi with the permission of Acharya, it is as good as being initiated by the Acharya. If this limitation had not been laid, then the wife of Acharya would have come into contact of men and the Acharya would have come into contact of women, which could have distracted them from the path of religion. Considering this limitation imposed by the scriptures, Dharmadev also had followed accordingly.