Markandeyapurana 34.62
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 34.62
- Language
- Sanskrit
34.62
iṣṭāpūrtāyuṣāṃ hantrī paradāragatirnṛṇām /
na hīdṛśamanāyuṣyaṃ loke kiñcana vidyate //
“A wise man should not resort to other men’s wives. Adultery destroys the religious acts and the life of man. Nothing indeed is so short-lived in the world, as a man’s intercourse with another’s wife here.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (4)
- Brahmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs — R. C. Hazra, English
- Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture — Johann Jakob Meyer, English