Manusmriti

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परपत्नी तु या स्त्री स्यादसम्बन्धा च योनितः । तां ब्रूयाद् भवतीत्येवं सुभगे भगिनीति च ॥ १२९ ॥

sanskrit

But to a female who is the wife of another man, and not a blood-relation, he must say, ’Lady’(bhavati) or ’Beloved sister!’

english translation

parapatnI tu yA strI syAdasambandhA ca yonitaH । tAM brUyAd bhavatItyevaM subhage bhaginIti ca ॥ 129 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/manusmriti/2/129

परपत्नी तु या स्त्री स्यादसम्बन्धा च योनितः । तां ब्रूयाद् भवतीत्येवं सुभगे भगिनीति च ॥ १२९ ॥

sanskrit

But to a female who is the wife of another man, and not a blood-relation, he must say, ’Lady’(bhavati) or ’Beloved sister!’

english translation

parapatnI tu yA strI syAdasambandhA ca yonitaH । tAM brUyAd bhavatItyevaM subhage bhaginIti ca ॥ 129 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript