What Is the Inner Meaning of the Custom of the Wife Respectfully Treating Her Husband to be Lord Vishnu?

[Tinku K asked: In our custom they say wife should treat (respect) husband as Lord Vishnu and do seva to husband. What is the inner meaning of above tradition?]

Swami replied:- For this point also, the same above background stands. In ancient tradition, the husband is earning member and wife is not the earning member. Since God is in money, the wife is calling her husband as God at least by tongue! Service is also done for the same purpose. A business man calls his customers as costumer-Gods! In the present tradition, the wife is also earning and you will find the change of attitude of wife in such modern trend! When the wife is not earning member, she compensates her gratefulness in the path of service since she is unable to compensate it through sacrifice of money earned by hard work. This point comes in spiritual knowledge also. The saints are unable to sacrifice money because they themselves depend on begging even for food. For this purpose only, the case of saints is referred in the word ‘Karmasamnyaasa’, which means only service and the word samnyaasa here denotes the sainthood. If the devotee is householder, apart from service, sacrifice of fruit of work (Karmaphalatyaaga) is also mentioned.

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