[They say,] Pańd́itá banitá latá – “Pandits, women and creepers cannot stand on their own.” We [Ananda Margis] do not want such things to happen. That is why we do not depend upon the pandits. Regarding women, we can say that our girls are now endeavouring to stand on their own feet. And I hope within a short time that they will stand on their own. I am firmly convinced that they will give the lie to the chronic complaint that women are always dependent on men.