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Vyasasmriti 2.9

Vyāsasmṛti 2.9

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Sanskrit

2.9

tyajannaduṣṭāṃ daṇḍyaḥ syāddūṣayaṃścāpyadūṣitām
tāvanna duṣṭaṃ duṣṭaṃ ca svārthebhyo bhedayaṃśca tat
ūḍhāyāṃ hi savarṇāyāmanyā vā kāmamudvahet

One who abandons an unblemished maiden should be fined, as also one who defames an unblemished one;
he who does not declare a flaw to be flawed, or who alters that for his own purposes [should be fined].
Once a woman of the same social class has been married, he may at will marry another.

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