Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 17.164

aśvamedhaḿ gavālambhaḿ

sannyāsaḿ pala-paitṛkam

devareṇa sutotpattiḿ

kalau pañca vivarjayet

SYNONYMS

aśva-medham — a sacrifice offering a horse; gava-ālambham — a sacrifice of cows; sannyāsam — the renounced order of life; pala-paitṛkam — an offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers; devareṇa — by a husband's brother; suta-utpattim — begetting children; kalau — in the Age of Kali; pañca — five; vivarjayet — one 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).

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