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Manava Dharmashastra 3.17

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.17

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Sanskrit

3.17

śūdrāṃ śayanam āropya brāhmaṇo yāty adhogatim
janayitvā sutaṃ tasyāṃ brāhmaṇyād eva hīyate //

A Brahmana who takes a Sudra wife to his bed, will (after death) sink into hell; if he begets a child by her, he will lose the rank of a Brahmana.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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