Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.35

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P. 149, n. 1. Here mention may be made also of MBh., i, 229.5 ff.: Mandapāla lived wholly chaste, and was great in holy knowledge and asceticism. But after his death he found himself ill rewarded in the other world. He then asked why, and was given the answer: Man has to wipe away on earth a three-fold guilt by sacrifices, by chastity and Veda study, by offspring (read sutaiḥ for çrutaiḥ). Thou art rich in asceticism, and one that makes sacrifice, but thou hast no children. Hand thy blood on, and thou shalt enjoy glorious worlds.