| Manusmriti |
 |
| Scriptures |
|
Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
|
|
|
|
| 171.
He who has had sexual intercourse with sisters by the same mother,
with the wives of a friend, or of a son, with un-married maidens,
and with females of the lowest castes, shall perform the penance,
prescribed for the violation of a Guru's bed. 172.
He who has approached the daughter of his father's sister, (who is
almost equal to) a sister, (the daughter) of his mother's sister, or
of his mother's full brother, shall perform a lunar penance. 173.
A wise man should not take as his wife any of these three; they must
not be wedded because they are (Sapinda) relatives, he who marries
(one of them), sinks low. 174.
A man who has committed a bestial crime, or an unnatural crime with
a female, or has had intercourse in water, or with a menstruating
woman, shall perform a Samtapana Krikkhra. 175.
A twice-born man who commits an unnatural offence with a male, or has
intercourse with a female in a cart drawn by oxen, in water, or in
the day-time, shall bathe, dressed in his clothes. 176.
A Brahmana who unintentionally approaches a woman of the Kandala or
of (any other) very low caste, who eats (the food of such persons)
and accepts (presents from them) becomes an outcast; but (if he does
it) intentionally, he becomes their equal. 177.
An exceedingly corrupt wife let her husband confine to one
apartment, and compel her to perform the penance which is prescribed
for males in cases of adultery. 178.
If, being solicited by a man (of) equal (caste), she (afterwards) is
again unfaithful, then a Krikkhra and a lunar penance are prescribed
as the means of purifying her. 179.
The sin which a twice-born man commits by dallying one night with a
Vrishali, he removes in three years, by subsisting on alms and daily
muttering (sacred texts). 180.
The atonement (to be performed) by sinners (of) four (kinds) even,
has been thus declared; hear now the penances for those who have
intercourse with out-casts. |
|
|
|
