CC Ādi 17.164
Bengali
অশ্বমেধং গবালম্ভং সন্ন্যাসং পলপৈতৃকম্ ।
দেবরেণ সুতোৎপত্তিং কলৌ পঞ্চ বিবর্জয়েৎ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
দেবরেণ সুতোৎপত্তিং কলৌ পঞ্চ বিবর্জয়েৎ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
Verse text
aśvamedhaṁ gavālambhaṁ
sannyāsaṁ pala-paitṛkam
devareṇa sutotpattiṁ
kalau pañca vivarjayet
sannyāsaṁ pala-paitṛkam
devareṇa sutotpattiṁ
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).