মাত্রা স্বস্রা দুহিত্রা বা নাবিবিক্তাসনো ভবেৎ ।
বলবানিন্দ্রিয়গ্রামো বিদ্বাংসমপি কর্ষতি ॥ ১১৯ ॥
matra-with one's mother; svasra-with one's sister; duhitra-with one's daughter; va-or; na-not; vivikta-asanah-sitting together; bhavet-there should be; balavan-very strong; indriya-gramah-the group of senses; vidvamsam-a person with knowledge of liberation; api-even; karsati-attract.
" 'One should not sit closely with one's mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that they may attract even a person advanced in knowledge.'
This verse appears in the
Manu-samhita (2.215) and
Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.19.17).