real meaning of the bad statements about women in scriptures

It's not rare to listen or read quotation of the scriptures that say bad things about women... maybe we have heard already how the scriptures say that women are less intelligent, or that they don't deserve to be trusted, or that they are not good for this or that, and so on... but are these quotations really true? Are these things really there? Let's take a look in this and in the next post in some of this kind of statements...
I found in more then one place the following thing written: "“There cannot be any friendship with a women. Her heart is more cruel than heyna” [Rig Ved 10/95/15.]
But here is the correct translation of Rig Veda 10/95/15: [Urvashi says] “Die not Pururava, fall not; let not the hideous wolves devour you. Female friendships do not exist; their hearts are the hearts of jackals.”
Now, it seems that both translations say something really bad about women! But I think we should take a look at the context. Here, it is essential to understand that out of jealousy Urvashi, a woman, is addressing Pururava (her lover) not to become friendly with other women. As any person would fear the separation of her lover, Urvashi uttered this out of sheer possessiveness for Pururava. More importantly, it is not told by the venerable devatas (Gods) of the Vedas. For more information, one can refer to ‘Vikramorvasheeya’, a play written by the world renowned poet, Kalidasa, wherein he describes the romantic life of Pururava and Urvashi."*
So, I hope this is clear now! We will move on taking a look at several other quotations to see what they really mean!



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