स्त्रीषु नर्मविवाहे च वृत्त्यर्थे प्राणसङ्कटे । गोब्राह्मणार्थे हिंसायां नानृतं स्याज्जुगुप्सितम् ॥ ४३ ॥
strisu narma-vivahe ca vrtty-arthe prana-sankate go-brahmanarthe himsayam nanrtam syaj jugupsitam
- strisu
- to encourage a woman and bring her under control
- narma-vivahe
- in joking or in a marriage ceremony
- ca
- also
- vrtti-arthe
- for earning one’s livelihood, as in business
- prana-sankate
- or in time of danger
- go-brahmana-arthe
- for the sake of cow protection and brahminical culture
- himsayam
- for any person who is going to be killed because of enmity
- na
- not
- anrtam
- falsity
- syat
- becomes
- jugupsitam
- abominable
In flattering a woman to bring her under control, in joking, in a marriage ceremony, in earning one’s livelihood, when one’s life is in danger, in protecting cows and brahminical culture, or in protecting a person from an enemy’s hand, falsity is never condemned.