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Bhagavatapurana 7.14.12

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7.14.12

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7.14.12

jahyādyadarthe svān prāṇān hanyādvā pitaraṃ gurum /
tasyāṃ svatvaṃ striyāṃ jahyādyastena hyajito jitaḥ //

12. (For) a wise man should forego his notion of right (as his own) with reference to the woman (his wife) for whose sake he (the worldly man) would give up his life or kill his father or preceptor;

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

and by this man through this renunciation the unconquered Lord becomes conquered (i.e., His grace is secured).

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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