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The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.96.27

Mahābhārata 13.96.27

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Sanskrit

13.96.27

yayātiruvāca |
anṛtau jaṭī vratinyāṃ vai bhāryāyāṃ saṃprajāyatu |
nirākarotu vedāṃśca yaste harati puṣkaram || 27 ||

"Yayati said, 'Let him who has stolen thy stalks be guilty of having sexual congress with his wife when she is not in her season and when he is himself in the observance of a vow and bears matted locks on his head! Let him also disregard the Vedas!'"

Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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