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Vaishnava Dharmashastra 26.5

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 26.5

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Sanskrit

26.5

dvijasya bhāryā śūdrā tu dharmārthaṃ na kvacid bhavet
ratyartham eva sā tasya rāgāndhasya prakīrtitā //

A union of a twice-born man with a Sûdra wife can never produce religious merit; it is from carnal desire only that he marries her, being blinded by lust.

Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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