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माँ पोता माँगती है || आचार्य प्रशांत के नीम लड्डू
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5 years ago
Marriage
Social Pressure
Lust
Excuses
Mother
Maturity
Children
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a questioner's desire to marry, which is being justified by the need for his mother to have grandchildren for her well-being. The speaker suggests a more direct solution: get the mother a job in a playschool where she will be surrounded by children. He points out that the path of marriage to childbirth is long and uncertain, given the declining fertility rates in both men and women, and there is no guarantee the mother will be around by then. He advises doing the immediate thing, which is to take the mother to a playschool the very next morning if her health is the real concern. The speaker then directly confronts what he perceives as the questioner's deception, asking, "Who are you fooling?" He asserts that the real issue is the questioner's own increased sexual excitement and desire for a wife. He dismisses the excuse of guests pressuring him to marry, questioning if he would also consume poison if they suggested it. The speaker states that people only act on what they truly want, using guests as a pretext. He challenges the questioner to simply get married if he wishes to, like everyone else, and stop making up stories. He further dismantles the questioner's reasoning by highlighting the uncertainties. He questions if the questioner has had his fertility checked, noting the global issue of declining sperm counts due to environmental factors. He also asks if the woman he marries will even be keen on having children, stating that modern women are not like those of the past who could be treated like cows to produce offspring. The speaker finds the entire chain of logic—marrying and having a child just so his mother's health improves—to be absurd. He reiterates that if the goal is to help his mother, she could serve at a playschool or an orphanage, which also brings health benefits. Upon learning the questioner is 36, the speaker expresses shock, having assumed he was much younger. He finds it ridiculous that a man of this age is making such childish arguments and is so easily swayed by guests' opinions, which he sarcastically calls "guest molestation." He concludes that if one's life is so fragile that guests can dictate its course, then the life itself is not right. He points out that such pressures are what teenagers face, not grown men.