Ādi-līlā

Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Verse 164 of 330
Cc Ādi 17.164

অশ্বমেধং গবালম্ভং সন্ন্যাসং পলপৈতৃকম্দেবরেণ সুতোত্পত্তিং কলৌ পংচ বিবর্জযেত্

अश्वमेधं गवालम्भं सन्न्यासं पलपैतृकम्देवरेण सुतोत्पत्तिं कलौ पंच विवर्जयेत्

aśvamedhaṁ gavālambhaṁ sannyāsaṁ pala-paitṛkam devareṇa sutotpattiṁ kalau pañca vivarjayet

Synonyms

aśva-medhama sacrifice offering a horse; gava-ālambhama sacrifice of cows; sannyāsamthe renounced order of life; pala-paitṛkaman offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers; devareṇaby a husband's brother; suta-utpattimbegetting children; kalauin the age of Kali; pañcafive; vivarjayetone must give up..

Translation

"'In this age of Kali, five acts are forbidden: the offering of a horse in sacrifice, the offering of a cow in sacrifice, the acceptance of the order of sannyāsa, the offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and a man's begetting children in his brother's wife.'

Purport

This is a quotation from the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa. [Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa 185.180]

Verse 164 of 330
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