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Sanatan Dharma

सनातन धर्म — Hindu Scripture Knowledge Base

Anushasana Parva 47.51

Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 47 · Verse 51

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Sanskrit Original

एकैव हि भवेद् भार्या वैश्यस्य कुरुनन्दन। द्वितीया तु भवेच्छूद्रा न तु दृष्टान्ततः स्मृता॥

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The Vaishya can take only one wife. He can take a second wife from the Shudra caste. Such is the practice, no doubt, but it is not sanctioned by the scriptures.