of women. However, just as a child is easily deceived, a woman tends to be corrupted. For this reason, both need the protection of the elders of the family. Also, if the chastity and devotion of women are safeguarded through various acts of piety and respect for family traditions, they will not be drawn into adultery and will engender virtuous descendants, capable of participating in the natural organization of social classes and spiritual divisions.

Now, that this social system is not respected, and the assiduous trade between men and women leads to adultery, with the risk of generating an undesirable population. Through the fault of irresponsible men, soiled, unwanted children invade society, from which then come wars and epidemics. The increase in the number of these undesirable people creates a life of hell for the family and for those who have destroyed their traditions. The ancestors are forgotten, we stop offering them the offerings of water and food.

The Vedic traditions, the Vedas, the original holy scriptures, concerning the pursuit of material benefits require that we regularly offer oblations of 'water and food to the ancestors of the family.

This food is first offered to Visnu, then the sanctified remains are presented to the ancestors. Indeed, the food first offered to Visnu has the power to deliver a human being from the consequences of all his sinful acts. Our ancestors may still suffer the consequences of their sins, may not even be able to obtain a physical body, and may be forced to remain in their ethereal body, in the state of mind. To offer them sanctified food is to enable them to escape the miserable conditions in which they find themselves. This service is a family tradition, and all those who do not dedicate themselves to the direct service of God, are bound to perform these rites.

The holy being, devotee of God, does not have this duty, because he is given to him by the only grace of his devotional acts towards Lord Krishna, to free thousands of ancestors.

Those who, by their irresponsible acts, break the tradition of the lineage, these cause the abandonment of the principles thanks to which prosperity and harmony reign within the family and the nation.

The principles which, in the natural organization of the society established in social classes, govern the family and the society, are intended to enable human beings to achieve ultimate salvation. When irresponsible heads of state break these traditions, the resulting confusion causes society to forget that the goal of all existence is Visnu, Krishna. Those who follow these blind leaders are sure to end in chaos.