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).