Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t6.17

Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t6.17

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c5.s2.t6.17

An early and eloquent defense of marriage and procreation, the central institutions of the old worlds, coupled with a total and uncompromising rejection of the celibate ideal is found in these beautiful verses of the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* (7.13):

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Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit