The wives of the Acharyas Ayodhyaprasada and Raghuvira - Virja and Sunanda (and similarly the wives of following Acharyas) should offer initiation and preach to women only, and not to men. They should do so with the permission of their husbands. They should preach the duties of married women (Suvasini) and widowed women (Vidhva). They should never preach without the permission of their husbands. Parashar explains, 'Those who preach, donate, perform pilgrimage or perform a Vrata (religious vow) without the permission of their husband receives no fruits of action.' Our Swaminarayan Sampraday is almost unique in the fact that we have a 'Female-Guru' to preach to and initiate women. This is very rarely seen. The Acharya-Patni initiates Tyagi-Stris (female ascetics) just as the Acharya initiates Sadhus into the sect. By the permission of the Acharya-Patni, these ascetic women preach to all women of the Sampraday. This I feel shows the greatness of Lord Swaminarayan who realized the need for prominent women so that women, through association with such ascetic women can benefit also.