938 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
not open to me to leave a legacy of blind, lame and dumb children to the rest of the community and ask them to take charge of them. Even among race-horses we talk of pedigree and for humanity alone any man can marry any woman and still expect the children to be perfect angles. The new marriage that is proposed will be like tying a race-horse to a lame donkey.
Jayaswal an able commentator of Hindu Law said that our ancients had big herds of cattle and they were also anxious to have first-class progeny so that they may take charge of the rest of the community. That is an honoured practice of our country. Hitler also wanted a good progeny for his country. Even Mussolini got a number of marriages celebrated in his country.
We say in or Sastras : “Aputrasya gathirnashthi” ; “Punnamno Narakadyasmath thrayathe pithatram suthah”. That is, the son saves the father from the Naraka called puth. It is that sanction that has produced a lot of children in our country. Otherwise, we would have had to give a hundred pounds to every mother to get children. Are we to pooh-pooh this culture ? What makes me say all this is that it is unfortunate that the Chairman of the Rau Committee is a gentleman who did not marry according to the Hindu law, Many of the Members of the Select Committee were not married according to the Hindu Law ; some were bachelors who did not marry at all.
Shri Kesava Rao (Madras) : Who says that they were not married ?
Mr. Speaker : Order, order. I think we are having this discussion a little beyond scope.
Shri M. A. Ayyangar : I will come within the scope of the Bill.
Mr. Speaker : He has already taken more than 35 minutes ; I am afraid it is rather too long. He may be short and to the point.
Shri M. A. Ayyangar : I am only referring……..
Shri Thirumala Rao : The reference is too personal with regard to the personnel of the Committee.
Shri M. A. Ayyangar : After all, let it not be said outside that that is quality opinion ; it is only a question of personal opinion. I am as much aggrieved about this. Am I to bow down when it is said of the Smritikartas that they had absolutely no business to go on changing the smritis ? What else are we doing ? We are passing a law in the morning ; we are amending it in the afternoon. The smritikartas wanted to change the smritis according to the changed