They, who injure in thought and deed their preceptors, or fathers, or mothers, commit the sin of killing a foetus. There is no sinner in the world equal to them.
उपाध्यायं पितरं मातरं च येऽभिद्रुह्यन्ते मनसा कर्मणा वा। तेषां पापं भ्रूणहत्याविशिष्टं तस्मान्नान्यः पापकृदस्ति लोके॥