Antya 2.119

TEXT 119
 
TEXT
মাত্রা স্বস্রা দুহিত্রা বা নাবিবিক্তাসনো ভবেৎ ।
বলবানিন্দ্রিয়গ্রামো বিদ্বাংসমপি কর্ষতি ॥ ১১৯ ॥
matra svasra duhitra va
na viviktasano bhavet
balavan indriya-gramo
vidvamsam api karsati
SYNONYMS
matra-with one's mother; svasra-with one's sister; duhitra-with one's daughter; va-or; na-not; vivikta-asanaḥ-sitting together; bhavet-there should be; balavan-very strong; indriya-gramaḥ-the group of senses; vidvamsam-a person with knowledge of liberation; api-even; karsati-attract.
TRANSLATION
" '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.'
PURPORT
This verse appears in the Manu-samhita (2.215) and Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.19.17).

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