17/08/2026
పిల్లలను కనడం ధార్మిక బాధ్యతా? Is having children an obligation, or something else entirely? And what does dharma actually say about divorce? Sri. Dr. Suryanarayana Jammalamadaka garu and Dinesh
Ganti garu on the questions couples carry quietly.
Episode 6 of Unpacking the Vivaha Samskara.
Full episode on YouTube. Link in bio.
On children, this conversation looks at what the tradition actually describes rather than what families repeat. It takes up the language of rina, what obligation means in this context, and
what the framework holds for couples who cannot have children and for couples who choose not to. Neither situation is a footnote in a modern marriage, and neither deserves the silence it usually receives.
On purpose, the conversation moves to what grihastha ashrama was designed to do for two people, and what it looks like to move toward that purpose together rather than separately.
On divorce, the aim is clarity rather than judgement. What the shastras record, where later social custom hardened beyond the texts, and what the tradition holds for a person whose marriage has ended. Anyone who has been through a separation has heard plenty of opinion on this and very little that came from the texts themselves.
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Full episode on YouTube. Link in bio.