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Viṣṇusmṛti · Chapter 44
44.44
yad vā tad vā paradravyam apahṛtya balān naraḥ
avaśyam yāti tiryaktvaṃ jagdhvā caivāhutaṃ haviḥ //
44.45
striyo 'py etena kalpena hṛtvā doṣam avāpnuyuḥ
eteṣām eva jantūnāṃ bhāryātvam upayānti tāḥ //
Original text: Viṣṇusmṛti · Edition: V. Krishnamacharya Viṣṇusmṛti with the commentary of Keśavavaijayantī of Nandapaṇḍita Madras The Adyar Library and Research Centre 2 The Adyar Library Series 93,1-2 · Data entry I. Shima · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0