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Manava Dharmashastra 11.5

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.5

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Sanskrit

11.5

kṛtadāro 'parān dārān bhikṣitvā yo 'dhigacchati
ratimātraṃ phalaṃ tasya dravyadātus tu saṃtatiḥ //

If a man who has a wife weds a second wife, having begged money (to defray the marriage expenses, he obtains) no advantage but sensual enjoyment; but the issue (of his second marriage belongs) to the giver of the money.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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