The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s12.19
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s12.19
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v2.c30.s12.19
The Gosava is of special interest, because it involves incest with one’s mother, sister, and a woman of one’s own Gotra, that is with whom marriage is forbidden. The Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa⁸ records that Janaka of Videha declined to undertake it, though it would have secured him the world of the Ox, doubtless Prajāpati as in the Atharvaveda,⁹ but a Çibi king did perform it, carrying out literally the rule of acting according to nature.