Verse 4·VR 3.9.4

मिथ्या वाक्यम् न ते भूतम् न भविष्यति राघव || ३-९-४ कुतो अभिलषणम् स्त्रीणाम् परेषाम् धर्म नाशनम् |

mR^iga yaakShaa divaa svapnaH pari vaadaH striyo madaH|taurya trikamvR^ithaa aTyaa ca kaamajaH dashako guNaH ||manu smR^iti

Translation

"The habit of telling specious words is not there with you in the past nor it will be there in future, oh, Raghava, then wherefrom the virtue-ruining desire for other's women can be there... [3-9-4b, 5a]

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