Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.84

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Naturally in the Epic, too, the ascetic shines in the most glorious of haloes, and great is the worth and the might of his utter renunciation of sex. Bhīṣma thus teaches Yudhiṣṭhira : "He that on earth from birth to death observes chastity, for him there is nothing beyond reach, know this, O herdsman of men. But many tens of millions of Ṛiṣis live in the world