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Video Information: 18.06.2026, Bhagavad Gita Session, Greater Noida

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00:00A certain sage who practiced austerity for so long that termites grew all over his body.
00:09When we depict the ancient rishis and tapaswis, at least sometimes we dare to show them physically unattractive.
00:21Have you seen that?
00:22For example, Muni Ashtavakr.
00:25Right?
00:26But when it comes even to spiritual figures, even to that field, women are still shown as attractive.
00:34And you don't see what is going on.
00:36Why must the woman always be shown as attractive?
00:38The answer lies in who made the sketch?
00:45Where is it coming from?
00:48What's the gender of the artist?
00:52Even somebody who was as, as austerely ascetic as, let's say, Laleshwari, look at the way she is depicted.
01:03I mean, I don't think she is going to look all that nice with the kind of lifestyle she chose
01:09for herself.
01:10I mean, I don't think she is a good person.
01:14I mean, I don't think she is a good person.
01:14I mean, I don't think she is a good person.

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