He who, without sufficient reason leaves his father or mother or preceptor, forsooth, becomes degraded, O ye scion of Kuru's race, as is laid down in the scriptures. Only food and clothes shall be given to a wife guilty of fornication or one confined in a prison. Indeed, the vows that are laid down for a male person guilty of fornication should also be forced on a woman who is as well guilty of the same.
त्यजत्यकारणे यश्च पितरं मातरं गुरुम्। पतितः स्यात्स कौरव्य यथा धर्मेषु निश्चयः॥ ग्रासाच्छादनमात्रं तु दद्यादिति निदर्शनम्। (ब्रह्मचारी द्विजेभ्यश्च दत्त्वा पापात् प्रपुच्यते।) भार्यायां व्यभिचारिण्यां निरुद्धायां विशेषतः। यत् पुंसः परदारेषु तदेनां चारयेद् व्रतम्॥