Svetaketu said: The wife, not adhering to her husband, will be sinful from this date; she will commit as great and painful sin as the killing of an embryo.
श्वेतकेतुरुवाच व्युच्चरन्त्याः पतिं नार्या अद्यप्रभृति पातकम्॥ भ्रूणहत्यासमं घोरं भविष्यत्यसुखावहम्।