Arthashastra 3.3.15: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 3, Sutra 15
अमोक्ष्या भर्तुरकामस्य द्विषती भार्या भार्यायाश्च भर्ता ॥
amokṣyā bhartur akāmasya dviṣatī bhāryā bhāryāyāś ca bhartā
अगर बीवी पति से नफ़रत करती है, तो पति चाहे तो उसको छोड़ नहीं सकता। और अगर पति नफ़रत करता है, तो बीवी न चाहे तो उसको छोड़ना पड़ेगा, उसकी मर्ज़ी के बिना नहीं छोड़ सकते।
FAQs
Institutional stability: marriage is not dissolved merely on one party’s hostility if the other insists on continuation, reducing impulsive separations and related property disputes.
The sutra states reciprocity: the constraint applies in both directions (wife cannot be released against husband’s will; husband likewise against wife’s).
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