Are women mentally deficient?

We are told that, Tulsi Das, who is also said to have written a version of the great epic Ramayan (रामायण) has said that:

ढोर गवार शूद्र पशु नारी
ये सब ताड़न के अधिकारी

Loosely translated, it means that Illiterates, Lower castes, animals and women should be treated sternly.

Personally, I feel that it is a very demeaning statement for women and it is also the favorite stick in the hands of enemies of humanity to sneer at Hindu ideology. They have been trying to portray that Hindu religion treats women as inferior beings.

It is typical Goebellian propaganda to malign your opponent. One phrase has been plucked out of a vast ocean of literature, totally out of context, and pronounced so many times that it is accepted as truth. The above statement has been uttered by समुद्र (ocean) and in a conversation. But the apologists of creeds like communism, Islam and Christianity have tried to pass it off as the stance of Hinduism regarding women.

It is as true as the marxist propaganda that Amir Khusro was a gentle soul who invented Sitar (as if Devi Sarswati was empty handed before this monster invented Sitar).

Let us see, what the Veds (वेद) say about women.

सूयवसाद भगवती हि भूया अथो वयं भगवन्तः स्याम

अद्धि तृणं अघ्न्ये विश्वदानीं पिब शुद्धमुदकमाचरन्ती 

ऋग्वेद १:१६४:४०

It means:

O wise woman you are as wise as a cow (which should not be killed). You should be able to enjoy peace and bliss so that we are also able to live blissfully. Like a cow, who, by consuming pure water and grass, feeds her calf with pure milk for the well being of the calf, you should drink the liquid of knowledge and maternal giving nature and bring up your children by imparting them good knowledge and wisdom.

Let us look at the next verse (ऋचा):

गौरीर्मिमाय सलिलानी तक्षत्येकपदी द्विपदी सा चतुष्पदी

अष्टापदी नवपदी बभूवुषी सहस्राक्षरा परमे व्योमन

ऋग्वेद- १:१६४:४१

 

Woman who studies one ved, two veds, four veds or the Four veds and upveds, grammar and thousands of words, becomes renowned in the world, is best of all. Such a literate and well read woman, who is able to remove illiteracy and provide peace and bliss to the entire world.

And we were always told that women were not allowed to read the holy scriptures because they were considered inferior. I have here with me the history book for class XII, printed by NCERT. It is named 'Themes in Indian History', Part 2. It says:

This is exemplefied by the composition, compilation and preservation and Puranic texts in simple Sanskrit verse, explicitly meant to be accessible to women and Shudras, who were generally excluded from Vedic learning.

pp 141

Does the level of fraud surprise you?
If yes, then take a peek at what is written two pages ahead:

Further, while Brahmans remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti, these traditions also accommodated and acknowledged women and 'lower castes', categories considered ineligible for liberation within orthodox Brahmanical framework.

pp143

What a wicked way to distort the religion and its traditions. When I brought it to the notice of some of my students, their innocent question was; Why would someone be so wicked, so as to create hate for own religion?
I could not answer it at that time, because I had not studied Nehru by then. Now I know that he was actually a muslim and had not only deliberately put those men incharge of NCERT, who were anti hindu but also created institutes like JNU, AMU, National Institute for Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and Indian Council for Historical Research, which were infested with anti Hindu monsters. The first education minister was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, who is called a nationalist. To know his nationalism more intimately, read here.  This Nehru stooge was responsible for sabotaging the best work on the freedom struggle of our country by the most respected historian, R.C.Majumdar. Reason. Majumdar was found to be critical of Congress at some places.

This Maulana was of the opinion that Hinduism is full of inequalities and Islam is the best religion. After Nehru, the misfortune of students of our nation was to continue. It was the turn of his daughter, who appointed another bigot, Nurul Hasan as the education minister. Then there was H.S. Khan, who was the incharge of history and sociology department of NCERT for more then 20 years. He was planted by Nurul Hasan. He held the opinion that India was civilized only when islam was introduced into Hindustan.

This H.S.Khan is the guy who ensured that Bhagat Singh, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Chandrashekhar Azad were portrayed as terrorists who opposed  nice rulers like Aurangzeb. The shamelessness is so ingrained into these monsters that unless there is a court order, these perversions are continued. Read the latest news here.

Now, as far islam is concerned, the one universal book that is acceptable is Quran. Let us see what it says about women.

[4:34] फ़ारूक़ ख़ान & नदवी

मर्दो का औरतों पर क़ाबू है क्योंकि (एक तो) ख़ुदा ने बाज़ आदमियों (मर्द) को बाज़ अदमियों (औरत) पर फ़ज़ीलत दी है और (इसके अलावा) चूंकि मर्दो ने औरतों पर अपना माल ख़र्च किया है पस नेक बख्त बीवियॉ तो शौहरों की ताबेदारी करती हैं (और) उनके पीठ पीछे जिस तरह ख़ुदा ने हिफ़ाज़त की वह भी (हर चीज़ की) हिफ़ाज़त करती है और वह औरतें जिनके नाफरमान सरकश होने का तुम्हें अन्देशा हो तो पहले उन्हें समझाओ और (उसपर न माने तो) तुम उनके साथ सोना छोड़ दो और (इससे भी न माने तो) मारो मगर इतना कि खून न निकले और कोई अज़ो न (टूटे) पस अगर वह तुम्हारी मुतीइ हो जाएं तो तुम भी उनके नुक़सान की राह न ढूंढो ख़ुदा तो ज़रूर सबसे बरतर बुजुर्ग़ है

 Here is the original Arabic verse. The link is here.

الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللَّـهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَبِمَا أَنفَقُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ ۚ فَالصَّالِحَاتُ قَانِتَاتٌ حَافِظَاتٌ لِّلْغَيْبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ اللَّـهُ ۚ وَاللَّاتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ ۖ فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَكُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ كَانَ عَلِيًّا كَبِيرًا ﴿٣٤﴾

[4:34] Ahmed Raza Khan

Men are in charge of women, as Allah has made one of them superior to the other, and because men spend their wealth for the women; so virtuous women are the reverent ones, guarding behind their husbands the way Allah has decreed guarding; and the women from whom you fear disobedience, (at first) advise them and (then) do not cohabit with them, and (lastly) beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek to do injustice to them; indeed Allah is Supreme, Great.

Remember, according to Islam, Quran is the word of Allah and does not contain anything that is wrong. Thus every Muslim must believe every word of it.

Now, what about man-woman comparison in Veds.

समंजन्तु विश्वे देवाः समापो हृदयानि नौ

सम मातरिश्वा सं धाता समु देष्ट्री दधातु नौ

ऋग्वेद - १०:८५:४७

The meaning is:

All the wise men of the world! Look at us. We (husband and wife) are equal and identical like water. May our hearts be same. The elements, air, sun, saraswati may make our hearts alike.

And what about Christianity? Like Islam, they also have a single book, Bible. Those who do not believe in Bible are not Christians. Sample this:

Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.”

- I Corinthians 14/34

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”

- I Corinthians. 14/35

When it comes to Veds, the position of wife is illustrated as:

प्रबुद्ध्यस्व सुबुधा बुद्ध्यामाना दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय
गृहान गच्छ गृह पत्नी यथासो दीर्घ त आयु: सविता कृणोतु

अथर्ववेद - १४:२:७५
 
Which means:
Remain awake , as intelligent and alert woman , Enjoying full life of a hundred years.
Enter the house as its ideal mistress, May the Creator bestow on you a long life.

Now, let us look at Bible :

If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

 Deuteronomy 24:1-5

Does one need to comment on it?

Here is the biblical perspective on women and here is the vedic perspective on women. Check out the difference between परमात्मा and God. Here is how Islamic prophet Mohammad treated women.