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Chapter 13.107 - Verse 124

Sanskrit Text

वृद्धां प्रव्रजितां चैव तथैव पतिव्रताम् तथातिकृष्णवर्णां वर्णोत्कृष्टां वर्जयेत्

English Translation

A wise man should never know a woman who is old, or one who has given up the domestic mode of life for entering the forest mode, or one who is faithful to her husband or one whose organs of generation are not healthy or well-formed.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

वृद्धां | प्रव्रजितां | च + एव | तथा + एव | च | पतिव्रताम्
तथा + अति + कृष्ण + वर्ण | च | वर्ण + उत्कृष्ट | च | वर्जयेत्