It was in the next cycle, viz., Dvapara, that the practice of sexual intercourse originated, O king, amongmen. In the Kali age, O monarch, men have come to marry and live in pairs.
द्वापरे मैथुनो धर्मः प्रजानामभवन्नृप। तथा कलियुगे राजन् द्वन्द्वमापेदिरे जनाः॥