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Markandeyapurana 15.3

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 15.3

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Sanskrit

15.3

gardabho jāyate jantuḥ pitroścāpyavamānakaḥ /
mātāpitarāvākruśya śārikā samprajāyate //

“The man also who scorns his parents is born an ass; for reviling his mother and father he is born a mainā;[3] and he who scorns his brother’s wife becomes a pigeon; but for injuring her he becomes a tortoise.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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