17.164
asvamedham gavalambham
sannyasam pala-paitrkam
devarena sutotpattim
kalau panca vivarjayet
SYNONYMS
asva-medham—a sacrifice offering a horse; gava-alambham—a sacrifice of cows; sannyasam—the renounced order of life; pala-paitrkam—an offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers; devarena—by a husband’s brother; suta-utpattim—begetting children; kalau—in the Age of Kali; panca—five; vivarjayet—one must give up " ’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 sannyasa, 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 Purana (Krsna-janma-khanda 185.180).