Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.79

v1.c6.79

It is significant that even the disciple is found as the marriage representative of his teacher, while otherwise one of the most awful sins is in this very thing of the disciple lying (gurutalpin) with his teacher’s wife. Thus in xii, 34.22 we read: “For the mounting of the teacher’s marriage-bed, when this is done on his behalf, does not smirch the man; Uddālaka had Çvetaketu begotten for him by his disciple.”