Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.399

v1.c5.399

first (that is, procreation)? (Or) eroticism (upacāra)? (Or) the carrying out of the action of divine service? Then Yudhishṭhira would seem to come back to his first thought: Is it (duty) founded by the Ṛishis, that is, for the fellowship in religious and holy life? Or by Prajāpati, that is, for begetting? Or by the demons, that is, for satisfying sensuality? But there is nothing said here of three ways of solemnizing marriage, which have been supposed.