2.119

matra svasra duhitra va

na viviktasano bhavet

balavan indriya-gramo

vidvamsam api karsati

SYNONYMS

matra—with one’s mother; svasra—with one’s sister; duhitra—with one’s daughter; va—or; na—not; vivikta-asanah—sitting together; bhavet—there should be; balavan—very strong; indriya-gramah—the group of senses; vidvamsam—a person with knowledge of liberation; api—even; karsati—attract " ’One should not sit closely with one’s mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that they may attract even a person advanced in knowledge.’

PURPORT

This verse appears in the Manu-samhita (2.215) and Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.19.17).